4 Memorable NH Solar Eclipses That Will Pale In Comparison to 4/8/24

What a dud! This morning's annular solar eclipse left a lot to be desired due to the tree line and early morning haze. Here's a fun list of memorable solar eclipses in NH history.

My favorite part of the solar eclipse experience is involving completely disinterested people in checking out this phenomenon first hand and then watching them do a double take when they look through the view finder.

I completely understand it, even when half the sun is obscured from view, you'd really have no clue that anything out of the ordinary is going on.

When I saw the 1994 eclipse, I was finishing up a round of golf at Exeter Country Club. Most of the patrons at the 19th hole weren't even interested in watching it on TV as WBZ-4 was showing a live filtered close up (I'm not sure that's the technical term for it).

Slow but sure, one of the drinkers got enough courage to ask me if he could take a peek through my viewer and was instantly amazed by what he saw. Within 30 seconds, there was literally a line up of brewery scented amateur astronomers passing my viewer around.

The same thing happened in 2017, at a parking lot in Brentwood NH a woman said 'I thought that eclipse already happened this morning, are you sure you're looking at the right thing?'

And once one person sees it, they all line up.

I cannot wait for April 8th, 2024. For a full two minutes, all of Coos County will be in total darkness at NOON.

My cousin has a cabin at an undisclosed location way up North and I already have invited myself to his property.

I shall not let anyone look through my visor for those two minutes, no way! And even if it's cloudy that day, I'm telling you TOTAL DARKNESS AT NOON!