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-GloryHoleAttendant- t1_ix5f4lc wrote

Given how cloudy Maine typically is in April, I’m not getting my hopes too high.

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sintixerr t1_ix6jykg wrote

The experience is probably pretty wild even if you can't see it. The change in lighting is surreal.

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WalkerBRiley t1_ix82ypn wrote

There's no probably about it. The day turns to night. You can feel the temperature just drop. It's something not to miss if you can help it.

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Samuel7899 t1_ix8z7vw wrote

Historically, there's about a 60% chance of it being mostly cloudy, a 10% chance of it being partly cloudy, and a 30% chance of it being clear.

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bigbluedoor t1_ix5cfmf wrote

imagine watching it atop katahdin

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daeedorian t1_ix8ncki wrote

I went down to GA to see it in 2017, and honestly, the beauty of these things is that it doesn't matter that much where you see it, as long as you're in the area of totality. It's amazing regardless.

We just found a random town with a village green in the totality band, and set up a blanket on the grass.

I would recommend not overthinking the venue, and I would actively avoid any place that's going to be particularly slammed/crowded, but I do suggest seeing it around other people--and I say that as someone who generally prefers solitude when taking in natural phenomena.

My favorite memory from the 2017 eclipse was that second when the sunlight completely dimmed, and there was this audible gasp from the few hundred people in the park, followed by this crescendo of a hooting cheer.

There was something really fundamentally human about that, and it stuck with me.

The freeway traffic getting back to Atlanta was horrible, but it was well worth it for the experience.

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bigbluedoor t1_ixehnw0 wrote

i drove down to the smokies in Tennessee to see it! so worth it. can’t wait to see it again

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yupuhoh t1_ix58au5 wrote

Remind me in a year please

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esspants t1_ix6795s wrote

They're already planning for the Millinockeclipse. I think I RSVP'd that I'm going to the Facebook event almost a year ago. 😂

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mcCola5 t1_ix84tce wrote

Rad. I really like Millinocket. Great place to live if you can swing it. Hard place to get a job.

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DidDunMegasploded t1_ix68gt8 wrote

weeps in Southern Maine

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TheMrGUnit t1_ix691zu wrote

Just drive north. The state isn't that big.

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heff17 t1_ix782l0 wrote

I mean, it kinda is. Tip to tip Maine isn't all that much shorter than Florida, and, at least with no traffic, it'd be quicker and shorter to drive from the southern tip of Maine to Philadelphia than it would to drive to the northern tip.

That's not where you'd have to go to see the eclipse of course, but I dunno I felt like being pedantic. Insomnia will do that.

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TheMrGUnit t1_ix885xp wrote

I dunno, this is kind of a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I'd be willing to spend a few hours in a car for that.

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WalkerBRiley t1_ix835bd wrote

> at least with no traffic,

And when there is an Earth shattering apocalypse this will be relevant. Until then, traffic will always exist between here and Philly.

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notarealninja t1_ix86ahw wrote

I used Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as the southernmost point of reference. I then looked up directions with Google Maps to Philadelphia. That trip would roughly be 358 miles long and take 5 hours and 48 minutes.

I used the same point of reference, but this time I looked up directions to Fort Kent. That trip would roughly be 363 miles long and take 5 hours and 45 minutes.

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Drunkensteine t1_ix81kiw wrote

Burlington looks like the sweet spot.

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Pisces42 t1_ix93iue wrote

Plattsburgh, NY is right on the middle line. I went to college there. I think 2024 might be the time for me to go visit some old friends.

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undertow521 t1_ix9eitv wrote

Been planning to head up to the county since 2017.

That being said, it'll probably be cloudy that day.

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[deleted] t1_ix7wiwr wrote

My plan is Greenville. Hope to have a solar telescope by then.

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alverez667 t1_ix8lun9 wrote

My wife’s family has a camp in moosehead. Seems like a perfect place

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SeawolfGaming t1_ix8y0xv wrote

Yup it's the day after my birthday.

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