Excitement builds for April's rare total solar eclipse: How to catch it

A total solar eclipse is expected to cross through North America and bring a stunning sight to the skies for millions of Americans - and it’s causing a major boom for towns and cities in the path, with tourists wanting to gather for planned festivities revolving around the eclipse. NBC’s Pricilla Thompson reports for TODAY.
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  • @simonstevenson6686
    @simonstevenson66863 ай бұрын

    I like the guy who refuses to raise his prices. More hotels should do that.

  • @Fueunachimba
    @Fueunachimba3 ай бұрын

    Major respect to that hotel owner in Illinois haha, there aren’t a lot out there like him😂

  • @aubreymacleod2618
    @aubreymacleod26183 ай бұрын

    I don't know how I won this lottery, but my home is in the dead center of totality, as I will have nearly 4 minutes of this right outside my front door!! Rochester, NY 🎉😅🎉 Get the word out that the event JUST BECAME EVEN MORE SPECTACULAR....We will also be seeing a bright COMET in same part of the sky!!! A once-in-a-lifetime event!!🎉

  • @edge918

    @edge918

    3 ай бұрын

    You lucky duck!!!!!😊

  • @honestly679

    @honestly679

    3 ай бұрын

    Enjoy and click a good one of what was seen of the eclipse & post for us to see. From Bhaarat!

  • @seanmcdonough4809

    @seanmcdonough4809

    3 ай бұрын

    NY rocks!! Except NYC, they don’t count lol we will be enjoying it from Buffalo 🦬 ❤️ 💙

  • @PennyDavis-cm9tl

    @PennyDavis-cm9tl

    3 ай бұрын

    All my collage friends from NY. Twins from Rochester. I'm common over. I'll bring the beer😂

  • @ImAskinGOD44givenessHowAboutU

    @ImAskinGOD44givenessHowAboutU

    3 ай бұрын

    Is that an invitation?

  • @DCI226
    @DCI2263 ай бұрын

    Hope it's not cloudy. I would also hate to be in an aisle seat on that plane.

  • @MinervaAlvarez-dx3jc

    @MinervaAlvarez-dx3jc

    3 ай бұрын

    agh, and it's going through the crappy states

  • @chiemekanwaogwugwu9995

    @chiemekanwaogwugwu9995

    3 ай бұрын

    That's the problem. The ring of fire view here in San Antonio was ruined by the clouds. Hopefully, the total eclipse will be cloud-free. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @zachjones2346

    @zachjones2346

    2 ай бұрын

    @@MinervaAlvarez-dx3jc It's not going through California, dude

  • @ashleyphillips7270
    @ashleyphillips72703 ай бұрын

    All the schools have closed around us for that day

  • @madreep
    @madreep3 ай бұрын

    My house was in 85% of totality in 2017 so I drove 30 minutes south to a city that was in totality and it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life

  • @snowqueen24

    @snowqueen24

    3 ай бұрын

    Lucky you. My city got the partial solar eclipse in 2017.😑😑

  • @madreep

    @madreep

    3 ай бұрын

    @snowqueen24 I was definitely lucky. Because I didn't want to go very far, it was over just as fast as it had started, but I honestly didn't need more. Totality was indescribable. It was like the air was different all of a sudden. Idk. It was a weird feeling. My son was still pretty young at the time (12) but I hope that it will be a special memory for him to remember one day when I am no longer here 🌕🌔🌓🌒🌑❤️

  • @michaelmay8140
    @michaelmay81403 ай бұрын

    I live in Akron Ohio and we'll be in 100% totality. Travel in our area is gonna be a nightmare. They're predicting possibly 1 million people in and around our city.

  • @xKarenWalkerx
    @xKarenWalkerx3 ай бұрын

    Haha was wondering why hotels were so expensive in those states for these dates

  • @GamerFunOriginallyAarush
    @GamerFunOriginallyAarush3 ай бұрын

    Exciting solar eclipse!

  • @wayne8797
    @wayne87973 ай бұрын

    Dillon is still being Dillon all these years 😂

  • @juddpoland2557
    @juddpoland25573 ай бұрын

    Excellent. Thank you.

  • @versewonderstrikes5353
    @versewonderstrikes53533 ай бұрын

    “The Path of Totality”

  • @paddlepower888
    @paddlepower8883 ай бұрын

    45 can hardly wait! 😂

  • @anthonyguarino4242
    @anthonyguarino42423 ай бұрын

    1:36-1:45 does anybody want that cool yellow glasses? I’m from York Pa and I’m excited for a solar eclipse on my 35th birthday: April 8th!

  • @Aggie4life77
    @Aggie4life773 ай бұрын

    I already saw this growing up in NC when back in the early 80’s. It’s a cool experience! It literally turns dark in the middle of the day with this slight glow of the sun on the outer fringes of the moon.

  • @DevinSheaProductions
    @DevinSheaProductions3 ай бұрын

    I have pics from 2017.

  • @user-dt2rr8vb1b
    @user-dt2rr8vb1b3 ай бұрын

    Will someone please send Cheetolini some eclipse glasses this time?

  • @Jacqueline_Bajra
    @Jacqueline_Bajra3 ай бұрын

    Im in nashville tn...😢i dont think we're going to see

  • @chadk2525
    @chadk25253 ай бұрын

    When will the eclipse happen?

  • @russrask
    @russrask3 ай бұрын

    I live in Spokane WA and we drove to Albany OR (where my aunt lives) in 2017 for that one and the drive home that day was crazy on I-5. It took us over 6 hours to get to Portland, it's usually about 1 hour. We made the mistake of getting off of I-5 to stop for food and it took us over 1 hour to get back on I-5. It was totally work it tho to see it in the path of totality.

  • @AkRenee
    @AkRenee3 ай бұрын

    That's my birthday & i will partially be able to see it from Alaska. 🎉

  • @CalinFR

    @CalinFR

    3 ай бұрын

    Doesn't make any sense. Alaska is way off the path. More than any other place in the US

  • @AkRenee

    @AkRenee

    3 ай бұрын

    @@CalinFR Juneau Alaska* Do your research.. Google doesn't hurt either. 🙂‍↕️

  • @CalinFR

    @CalinFR

    3 ай бұрын

    @@AkRenee yeah, like I was saying, Juneau is nowhere near the path

  • @AkRenee

    @AkRenee

    3 ай бұрын

    @@CalinFR I'll be enjoying the eclipse on my birthday from Alaska, like I said. 👌

  • @CalinFR

    @CalinFR

    3 ай бұрын

    @@AkRenee well happy birthday to you then. You are special!

  • @keithlewis4250
    @keithlewis42503 ай бұрын

    Seems it will clip Michigan.

  • @billbrenne5475
    @billbrenne54753 ай бұрын

    What, is there a full moon at the same time?

  • @user-xs5bl9dy6d
    @user-xs5bl9dy6d3 ай бұрын

    Wonder if the bars will make eclipse themed drinks. That would be cool. Two New Year's ago I celebrated the holiday at my favorite bar and the staff made fun shots that glimmered like silver and gold to commemorate the coming of the New Year.

  • @MelB868
    @MelB8683 ай бұрын

    So not in Alabama 😢

  • @ronaldredmond3308
    @ronaldredmond33083 ай бұрын

    Bummer us people in California won't be able to see it.

  • @afbocc

    @afbocc

    3 ай бұрын

    August 12, 2045. Northern California.

  • @SingleMaltBuckeye
    @SingleMaltBuckeye3 ай бұрын

    Looks like central ohio will be a good enough spot

  • @maggie0285

    @maggie0285

    3 ай бұрын

    Dublin, Delaware to name a few but totality is not as long

  • @steviebrule
    @steviebrule3 ай бұрын

    DUNE PART TWO's viral marketing is WILD

  • @edge918
    @edge9183 ай бұрын

    Im gonna have to drive over to TX. Shouldn't be too long from Louisiana...

  • @SilentEcho9194
    @SilentEcho91943 ай бұрын

    Maybe I'll travel to Toledo in April 😂 Glad I no longer live in Killeen.

  • @tarawhite4419
    @tarawhite44193 ай бұрын

    I wonder what the astronauts will see

  • @heatherhiller5581
    @heatherhiller55813 ай бұрын

    😊

  • @joeysmith4650
    @joeysmith46503 ай бұрын

    And when is this taking place i didnt hear a mention of the event,just its coming...aren't you excited ?

  • @MPPG663

    @MPPG663

    3 ай бұрын

    April 8th

  • @joeysmith4650

    @joeysmith4650

    3 ай бұрын

    @@MPPG663 thanks 😊

  • @catharsismemory
    @catharsismemory3 ай бұрын

    Feels like these happening more often these days. God said there would be signs in the moon, sun, and stars

  • @jamessuper47
    @jamessuper473 ай бұрын

    Thats gone be prime crime time... always light where there's CREAM

  • @slapshot68

    @slapshot68

    3 ай бұрын

    The fact that a state of emergency was already declared in one city tells u all that u need to kno, I hav a terrible feeling about this

  • @Charlesx396

    @Charlesx396

    3 ай бұрын

    @@slapshot68it’s Texas. They always over exaggerate because their citizens are easily scared.

  • @SLACKERBOY

    @SLACKERBOY

    3 ай бұрын

    @@slapshot68 not one city. The whole county of Bell County.

  • @maxx8942
    @maxx89422 ай бұрын

    The Real Sun God 🌞

  • @Etimespace
    @Etimespace3 ай бұрын

    Savorinen and greetings to all science journalists around the Earth❤ On April 8, 2024, Mexicans and Texans may have a chance to make history and scientifically prove the current atomic model wrong. The so-called Allais Effect may be a real phenomenon, but in such a way that it does not always occur during a solar eclipse. It would be about how close to the center of the Earth the line between the center of the Sun and the center of the Moon intersects the center of the Earth. That is, how close the alignment of the Sun, the Moon and the Moon’s shadow passes the center of the Earth. The closer, the stronger the phenomenon. If so, scientific experiments should always be done when a total solar eclipse occurs at noon and near the equator. The April 8 solar eclipse is pretty much exactly at noon in Mexico, I believe, and the area is much closer to the equator than the North Pole. Ok, there is a lot of pressure in the center of the Earth. I assume that massive and dense particles originating from the center of the Earth are pushed out of the Earth all the time, and on April 8th they are pushed through the area shadowed by the Moon directly towards the Moon and the Sun. They meet particles corresponding to the countersphere, which originate from the Sun and the Moon. During straight alignment, these particles have time to push through the corresponding particles again and again. During the pushing through of each opposing particle, there is a strong interaction and thus the energy in the particles is dispersed over a larger area and the probability of encountering the next one increases, etc. Pushing through the moon also activates these particles. Inside the moon, this small-scale energy moves more densely and inside these particles, etc. Pushing towards the moon, these particles already have time to activate more than normal, because they encounter particles that have already penetrated the moon and activated inside the moon. Physicists are already planning a new particle accelerator at Cern. Its price is estimated at around 20 billion euros. On April 8, anyone can do scientific experiments very cheaply. For example, local tennis clubs could use devices that launch tennis balls. First, the device is adjusted to fly the balls as far and accurately as possible. So it’s not necessarily worth trying to make the balls fly just as far as possible, if you can’t make the balls fly quite precisely the same distance, you know. Ok, when we find out how far the balls fly with a certain power on average normally, we wait for the Solar eclipse and when the Moon’s shadow starts to reach the area, we start sending tennis balls into the air and monitor how far the balls fly. Perhaps a surprise will be experienced during the exam. You should fly the balls in at least two different directions. From north to south and from south to north. The more distinct groups, the better. Everyone should also think about some other scientific experiments that can be done in connection with the so-called to gravitation. Traditionally, experiments have been done with pendulums and gravity measuring devices. You should also use them. If someone has ready these small rockets that don’t aim for orbit, but only test how high you can get, then maybe during the solar eclipse it would be interesting to try if you can maybe even get much higher than you could assume based on the calculation in advance. Ps. If the solar eclipse occurs in June, then I assume that it is worth doing these experiments even if the eclipse is closer to one of the polar regions than the equator and even if it is late evening or early morning. This is because then the Earth is in the area between the Sun and the supermassive object in the center of the galaxy. Perhaps from the center of the galaxy there is also a kind of matter / energy that physicists do not yet understand. At least that’s what I assume. That is, these supermassive objects in the centers of galaxies may emit dark matter as separate condensations that are much denser than the separate condensations in the nuclei of the atoms of the observable matter. The denser, the slower the internal motion / time and the less these dark matter particles would interact with observable matter. In June, when the Earth is in the area between the Sun and the center of the galaxy, these dark matter particles inside the Earth would meet the energy from the Sun in the opposite sphere and thus their internal movement / time would speed up and the interaction with the Earth’s matter would intensify. I assume that the Earth gets new matter in its center in June when these dark matter particles collide in the center of the Earth with the nuclei of the Earth’s atoms. Could the Earth even get new water molecules in its center? That is, would new solid matter, but also new water and gas molecules, be born in the center of the Earth? If so, perhaps the researchers should observe that more water and gas molecules escape from the Earth than estimated. Greetings to all Mexicans and Texans. Also for all those who have the opportunity to participate in scientific experiments on April 8. April 8, 2024 may be a very significant day for humanity, but it may not be so without you🙂 ❤️

  • @rayslife4k
    @rayslife4k3 ай бұрын

    Logan Paul better vlog this one

  • @Under_Sky_Third_Gaia
    @Under_Sky_Third_Gaia3 ай бұрын

    Little shop of horrors

  • @ImAskinGOD44givenessHowAboutU
    @ImAskinGOD44givenessHowAboutU3 ай бұрын

    Notice how she suggested a hotel room? Aren't they friends?? Repent and get right with The LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Prepare to meet thy GOD

  • @user-yg5yd9jm4r
    @user-yg5yd9jm4r3 ай бұрын

    the end of world Jesus is coming repent people god love you🙏❤