Special Announcement: Solar Eclipse Safety and Additional Information – Monday 8/21/17

August 21, 2017 Rob Macedo Leave a comment

Hello to all…

The Solar Eclipse is today, Monday August 21st, 2017. This special announcement is to cover information regarding the Solar Eclipse including timing of the eclipse, Safety Information and other resource information including NASA webcast information and ways to view the solar eclipse via GOES Satellite system:

Solar Eclipse 2017 Information (Includes links to Safety Information within these main links):
https://www.weather.gov/source/crh/eclipse.html
https://www.nasa.gov/eclipse2017
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/

Solar Eclipse Safety Information (Direct link to Safety Information):
https://www.nasa.gov/content/eye-safety-during-a-total-solar-eclipse

Here’s a list of links to watch the shadow from GOES Satellite System:

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/shadow.html

https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/#/animation?satellite=goes-16
or
http://re.ssec.wisc.edu/?products=G16-ABI-CONUS-BAND03.74,Eclipse.100&center=33.951939696815316,-92.5543357429688&zoom=4&width=1058&height=772&timeproduct=G16-ABI-CONUS-BAND03&timespan=-6t&animationspeed=50

We hope people who have the time to view the solar eclipse event do so safely and hope people find this information useful for today’s event.

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator
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