Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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[[File:2024 Eclipse Shadows.jpg|thumb|Shadows in a crescent shape during the 2024 eclipse, as seen in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].]]

[[File:Total Eclipse from Frisco.png|thumb|Totality of the Great North American Eclipse seen from [[Frisco, Texas]].]]

In the United States, totality was visible through the states of [[Texas]] (including parts of [[San Antonio]], [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], and [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] and all of [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]], [[Dallas]], [[Killeen, Texas|Killeen]], [[Temple, Texas|Temple]], [[Texarkana, Texas|Texarkana]], [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], [[Sulphur Springs, Texas|Sulphur Springs]] and [[Waco, Texas|Waco]]), [[Oklahoma]] (including [[Idabel, Oklahoma|Idabel]] and [[Broken Bow, Oklahoma|Broken Bow]]), [[Arkansas]] (including [[Morrilton, Arkansas|Morrilton]]/[[Petit Jean State Park|Petit Jean]], [[Hot Springs, Arkansas|Hot Springs]], [[Searcy, Arkansas|Searcy]], [[Jonesboro, Arkansas|Jonesboro]], and [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]), [[Missouri]] (including [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri|Cape Girardeau]] and [[Poplar Bluff, Missouri|Poplar Bluff]]), [[Tennessee]] (extreme northwestern corner of [[Lake County, Tennessee|Lake County]]), [[Illinois]] (including [[Carbondale, Illinois|Carbondale]], where it intersects the path of the 2017 eclipse), [[Kentucky]], [[Indiana]] (including [[Bloomington, Indiana|Bloomington]], [[Evansville, Indiana|Evansville]], [[Indianapolis]], [[Anderson, Indiana|Anderson]], [[Muncie, Indiana|Muncie]], [[Terre Haute, Indiana|Terre Haute]], and [[Vincennes, Indiana|Vincennes]]), [[Ohio]] (including [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], [[Cleveland]], [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]], [[Lima, Ohio|Lima]], [[Lorain, Ohio|Lorain]], [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]], and [[Warren, Ohio|Warren]]), [[Michigan]] (extreme southeastern corner of [[Monroe County, Michigan|Monroe County]]), [[Pennsylvania]] (including [[Erie, Pennsylvania|Erie]]), [[Upstate New York]] (including [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]], [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], [[Watertown, New York|Watertown]], the [[Adirondacks]], [[Potsdam, New York|Potsdam]], and [[Plattsburgh, New York|Plattsburgh]]), and northern [[Vermont]] (including [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]]), [[New Hampshire]], and [[Maine]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gore |first=Leada |date=August 22, 2017 |title=Solar eclipse 2024: Best U.S. cities to see the next total solar eclipse |work=[[The Birmingham News]] |url=http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/solar_eclipse_2024_best_us_cit.html |access-date=February 11, 2018 |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212201737/http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/solar_eclipse_2024_best_us_cit.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Eliasen |first=Terry |date=August 21, 2017 |title=Next Solar Eclipse Puts New England in Path Of Totality |publisher=CBS Boston |url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/08/21/solar-eclipse-2024-new-england-totality/ |access-date=February 11, 2018 |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212201503/http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/08/21/solar-eclipse-2024-new-england-totality/ |url-status=live}}</ref> with the line of totality going almost directly over the state's highest point [[Mount Katahdin]]. The largest city that was entirely in the path was Dallas, Texas.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 3, 2024 |title=Great North American Eclipse: Dallas |url=https://www.perotmuseum.org/events/great-north-american-eclipse/ |access-date=April 7, 2024 |publisher=Perot Museum of Nature and Science |quote=On April 8, 2024, Dallas will be the largest city in the path of totality for the once-in-a-lifetime Great North American Eclipse. |archive-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407014912/https://www.perotmuseum.org/events/great-north-american-eclipse/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was the second total eclipse visible from the central United States in just seven years, after the [[Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017|eclipse of August 21, 2017]]. It was the last total solar eclipse visible in the contiguous United States until [[Solar_eclipse_of_August_23,_2044|August 23, 2044]].<ref>{{citation |last1=Hauari |first1=Gabe |title=When is the next total solar eclipse in the US after 2024? Here's what you need to know. |date=2024-03-01 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/01/when-is-next-total-solar-eclipse-us-2044-path-totality/72757679007/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |language=en-US |last2=Lagatta |first2=Eric |work=[[USA Today]] |archive-date=April 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408002306/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/01/when-is-next-total-solar-eclipse-us-2044-path-totality/72757679007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>