August 21, 2017 in Menan, Idaho. Millions of people have flocked to areas of the U.S. that are in the"path of totality" in order to experience a total solar eclipse. It’s often said that only one in 10,000 people ever experience a total solar eclipse, but a cohort of young Americans are about to witness their second by their mid-twenties. And that’s just the start.
The U.S. is in a golden age of total solar eclipses—and young Americans who witnessed 2017’s “Great American Eclipse” as children are poised to experience totality again. The next comes on April 8, but beyond that, there are no fewer than 10 total solar eclipses in the U.S. this century. For anyone born at the turn of the century and living to 80 years old, there will be a whopping seven total solar eclipses to experience. Welcome to “Generation Eclipse.
“I went home and told my mom that when I’m 16, I’m going to drive us wherever we have to go to see the eclipse,” she said in an interview. “Five years later, we drove for 15 hours to Kimmswick, Missouri and watched the eclipse beside a railroad track.” She describes a feeling of peace. “All the predictions were right, what everyone said about it was right— but I was seeing it and experiencing,” she said. “It’s hard to describe that to people who haven’t experienced it.
A successful eclipse chaser typically requires knowledge, dedication, and the resources to travel worldwide. Or you could just be born at the right time.
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