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>>9110149
Things to look for and monitor as totality approaches:
Will you see the shadow approach from the west, and/or disappear to the east?
If it's hazy or cloudy, can you see the shadow on the clouds?
Listen - does it get quiet (except for others around you whooping it up)?
During totality, you can look directly at the Sun's corona without dark glasses. Hold your hand/fist up at arm's length so you can quantify the size and remember in the future.
How much of the sky reveals stars? Do yu see any? Too many to count?
Do you see the band of lit sky all around you?

EclipseMap: rotate the map so the direction you face is at the bottom. The center is straight up. As you turn to look another direction, rotate the map. The dashed line is the ecliptic - the path of the Sun among the stars (AKA the orbital plane of the Earth).