On April 8, hundreds of thousands of people from across the county and world are expected to flock to Western New York, cross their fingers for a cloudless day, don their protective eyewear and stare at the sky.
For the first time in nearly 100 years, Western New York will be witness to a total solar eclipse. And the next one in this region – predicted by scientists to occur in 2144 – won’t happen in any of our lifetimes.
It was a darkness deeper than that of any storm, The Buffalo Evening News said in 1925 of the eclipse in Buffalo.
“This is Buffalo’s chance to see a total solar eclipse,” said Kevin Williams, director of Buffalo State University’s Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium and an associate professor of geosciences.
But how does a total solar eclipse happen and what will the experience be like?
Here’s what you need to know.
What is the path of totality?
People viewing the eclipse from locations where the moon’s shadow completely covers the sun – known as the path of totality – will be able to witness a total solar eclipse, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The
path of totality is a relatively narrow path that will begin over the South Pacific Ocean and cross North America, passing over Mexico, the…
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