Come join us on your lunch break to watch the once in a lifetime total solar eclipse! We will have FREE treats, music, and FREE viewing glasses to watch the eclipse. Muu and Luu's Ice Cream truck will be serving FREE ice cream to the public. Patriotic Pig will also be in attendance if you forgot your lunch and want some delicious BBQ for purchase.  

Solar Eclipse Schedule: 

Things to know...

Link to exact Path of Totality. From American Astronomical Society (AAS).

http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2017_2024_GoogleMapFull.html

During a partial or total solar eclipse, such as the one on April 8, 2024, looking directly at the Sun is unsafe except during the brief total phase ("totality"), when the Moon entirely blocks the Sun’s bright face, which happens only within the narrow path of totality. At all other times, it is safe to look directly at the Sun only through special-purpose solar filters that comply with the transmittance requirements of the ISO 12312-2 international standard.

Safety instructions for viewing total solar eclipse:

• Always supervise children using solar filters.
• If you normally wear eyeglasses, keep them on. Put your eclipse glasses on over them, or hold your handheld viewer in front of them.
• Stand still and cover your eyes with your eclipse glasses or solar viewer before looking up at the bright Sun. After looking at the Sun, turn away and remove your filter — do not remove it while looking at the Sun.
• Do not look at the uneclipsed, partially eclipsed, or annularly eclipsed Sun through an unfiltered camera, telescope, binoculars, or other optical device.
• Similarly, do not look at the Sun through an unfiltered camera, telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device while using your eclipse glasses or handheld solar viewer in front of your eyes — the concentrated solar rays could damage the filter and enter your eyes, causing serious injury.
• Seek expert advice from an astronomer before using a solar filter with a camera, telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device; note that solar filters must be attached to the front of any telescope, binoculars, camera lens, or other optics.
• If you are inside the path of totality on April 8, 2024, remove your solar filter only when the Moon completely covers the Sun’s bright face and it suddenly gets quite dark. Experience totality, then, as soon as the bright Sun begins to reappear, replace your solar viewer to look at the remaining partial phases. Note that this applies only to viewing without optical aid (other than ordinary eyeglasses).

https://nationaleclipse.com/safety.html

https://www.lmtonline.com/news/space/article/eclipse-camera-phone-18421651.php

What are the stages of a total solar eclipse?

During a total solar eclipse, you will see multiple unique features as the eclipse progresses.

• Partial eclipse: As the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, at first it does not completely cover the Sun. The Sun appears to have a crescent shape.
• Shadow bands: Shadow bands are rapidly moving, long, dark bands separated by white spaces that can be seen on the sides of buildings or the ground just before and after totality, though they can be very faint and difficult to photograph.
• Baily's Beads: As the Moon continues to move across the Sun, several points of light shine around the Moon’s edges. Known as Baily's Beads, these are light rays from the Sun streaming through the valleys along the Moon's horizon
• Diamond Ring: Baily’s Beads will begin to disappear until eventually, only a single bright spot will remain along the edge of the Moon’s shadow. This bright spot resembles the diamond in a giant diamond ring formed by the rest of the Sun’s atmosphere.
• Totality: Totality is when the Moon completely blocks the bright face of the Sun. This is the only stage of the eclipse that you can view with your naked eye. This stage can also reveal the chromosphere (a region of the solar atmosphere, appearing as the thin circle of pink around the Moon) and the corona (the outer solar atmosphere, appearing as streams of white light).

What does the path of totality mean?

The path of totality is where observers will see the Moon completely cover the Sun.

How much will daylight change during a total solar eclipse?

In the path of totality, where the Moon completely covers the Sun, the sky will become dark, as if it were dawn or dusk. For those who only experience a partial solar eclipse, the sky will appear slightly darker than it was before the eclipse, depending on how much the Moon blocks the Sun in their location.

How big of a temperature drop do you get during a total solar eclipse?

You can expect the temperature to drop about 10 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) depending on the humidity and cloud cover at your location.

An annular solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, but when it is at or near its farthest point from Earth. The Moon appears as a dark disk on top of a larger, bright disk, creating what looks like a ring around the Moon.

A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun. A total solar eclipse is the only type of solar eclipse where viewers can momentarily remove their eclipse glasses (which are not the same as regular sunglasses) for the brief period of time when the Moon is completely blocking the Sun.

https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/faq/

Regarding the safety of phones cameras, all sources remind that viewing the eclipse through an unprotected camera lens is unsafe for the human eye, but there are differing opinions on whether it will damage the phone itself. Most sources indicate that it will damage, but some indicate that recent ios and android phones won’t be damaged.

http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2024_GoogleMapFull.html?Lat=32.88011&Lng=-97.15585&Elv=189.0&Zoom=10&LC=1

The April 8, 2024, eclipse will be a total solar eclipse. It will be the last total solar eclipse visible from the contiguous United States until 2044.

During totality, take a few seconds to observe the world around you. You may be able to see a 360 degree sunset. You may also be able to see some particularly bright stars or planets in the darkened sky. The air temperature will drop and often an eerie silence will settle around you.

https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/

Media Resources including downloadable images from 2017 eclipse as well videos

https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/media-resources/