[notmytarga]

My hometown, Redding, is in the path of the fullest coverage. It trails off to the north and south. The local paper as had a few articles about it. One on the 9th that I missed but found online that describes the trajectory, vaugely. I went to other sources online. The LA times has better stuff with graphics. It starts in Japan and crosses the Pacific making 'landfall' on the California coast about 6:15 near Crescent City traveling Southeast across Redding, Chico, Reno etc. As it gets later it is lower in the sky such that sun will set about the time the maximally covered sun gets to Arizona/NM. Most of the West will see the dent the moon makes.



Here is the link to an animation of the shadow area.

http://www.eclipse.org.uk/eclipse/0132012/ats_0132012.gif


It bugs me that our local paper doesn't seem to realize the significance of this, downplaying it because the moon is closer and won't completely hide the sun. So What! It is still happening here. Last was 18 years ago - for the entire nation. Only a small area of the country is this lucky and the paper just reports on the weather for this mornings rodeo parade. Cloudy weather tomorrow would be a horrible thing! I'm betting a lot of visitors to the area just to see this.

Hopefully no one will injure their retinas permanently. I've been cutting up used, darkened xray film to use for filters. Projecting using a pinhole or binocular works too. Let all your friends know to prepare for a dinnertime spectacle - 5:11- 7:36 PDT Maximum at 6:28 PDT THis is the data for Whiskeytown Lake - Site of a viewing party.