Recommended for you

Start writing a post

Lifestyle

A Guide To The Total Solar Eclipse Over Georgia

Here are some important things to know before the big day.

Pooja Sharma

Aug 18, 2017

Johns Creek, Georgia

A Guide To The Total Solar Eclipse Over Georgia

Army Mil

Monday, August 21, 2017: school absences are excused, elementary school buses are delayed, and families are taking a vacation to watch the phenomenon. You may have heard the recent buzz over the upcoming solar eclipse, but for those of you who don't know much about it, here it is!

Why is it such a big deal?

We will not experience a total solar eclipse until April 8th, 2024. Unlike a regular solar eclipse, the moon and sun are positioned in such a way that the moon covers the sun completely. This particular total eclipse ranges from coast to coast, South Carolina to Oregon. At any point on the path of totality, which is only 70 miles wide, the moon will completely cover the sun, resulting in a pitch black sky in the middle of the day. In all other parts of the United States, this would appear as a regular eclipse, not a total eclipse.

Is Georgia in the path of totality?

Not quite, but close. South Carolina and cities closer to Georgia’s northern border fall in the path of totality, so use your day off as an excuse to take a road trip! Some places you can go are:

1. Baldwin

2. Blairsville

3. Blue Ridge

4. Clarkesville

5. Clayton

6. Cleveland

7. Hartwell

8. Helen

9. Hiawassee

10. McCaysville

11. Rabun Gap

12. Sky Valley

13. Tallulah Falls

14. Toccoa

15. Young Harrie

Be sure to check out local and state parks for celebrations and glasses. For just a few dollars, parks are offering admission to food truck festivals, parking with the best view, and a good time!

Can I just wear sunglasses?

NO! Looking directly at the sun can result in blindness. It is crucial to use any NASA approved glasses to guarantee your safety. Reference an approved list of reputable vendors to make sure you genuinely protect your eyes.

So stay safe, and enjoy this rare phenomenon that the universe allowed us, Earthlings, to be fortunate enough to witness!

Report this Content

This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.

Student Life

The 12 Stages Of Course Registration, As Told By "Friends"

No one best represents the struggle like our favorite 90s squad.

The State University of New York at Stony Brook

5162

YouTube

As college students, we are all familiar with the horror show that is course registration week. Whether you are an incoming freshman or selecting classes for your last semester, I am certain that you can relate to how traumatic this can be.

1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

Bonus points if it is more than two.

Keep Reading...Show less

registration

Featured

Economic Benefits of Higher Wages

Nobody deserves to be living in poverty.

Florida International University

302246

Illistrated image of people crowded with banners to support a cause

StableDiffusion

Raising the minimum wage to a livable wage would not only benefit workers and their families, it would also have positive impacts on the economy and society. Studies have shown that by increasing the minimum wage, poverty and inequality can be reduced by enabling workers to meet their basic needs and reducing income disparities.

I come from a low-income family. A family, like many others in the United States, which has lived paycheck to paycheck. My family and other families in my community have been trying to make ends meet by living on the minimum wage. We are proof that it doesn't work.

Keep Reading...Show less

Entertainment

13 Times April Ludgate Perfectly Explained College

Because who understands your bitterness better than April?

Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

1737

Every college student knows and understands the struggle of forcing themselves to continue to care about school. Between the piles of homework, the hours of studying and the painfully long lectures, the desire to dropout is something that is constantly weighing on each and every one of us, but the glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel helps to keep us motivated. While we are somehow managing to stay enrolled and (semi) alert, that does not mean that our inner-demons aren't telling us otherwise, and who is better to explain inner-demons than the beloved April Ludgate herself? Because of her dark-spirit and lack of filter, April has successfully been able to describe the emotional roller-coaster that is college on at least 13 different occasions and here they are.

Keep Reading...Show less

april ludgate

Recommended for you

A Guide To The Total Solar Eclipse Over Georgia

Here are some important things to know before the big day.

Why is it such a big deal?

Is Georgia in the path of totality?

Can I just wear sunglasses?

Subscribe to our Newsletter

No one best represents the struggle like our favorite 90s squad.

1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

When your capability of "adulting" is put to the test

Nobody deserves to be living in poverty.

"Nobody living in one of the most influential nations in the world should be worried about making ends meet."

What is the current minimum wage at the federal level?

What are the benefits of raising the minimum wage?

What are the states that have set a $15/hour minimum wage?

Told through Parks & Recreation GIFs

Because who understands your bitterness better than April?

1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

Trending Topics

Top Creators

Trending Stories

Best of Lifestyle

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments

Subscribe to our
Newsletter