Each ships positioned off the coast of Mexico will probably be among the many first places to first see totality
As you might have heard, on Monday, April 8, 2024, a complete photo voltaic eclipse will cross North America, starting over the Pacific Ocean and heading northeast from Mexico, throughout a large swath of the USA, and into Canada. The primary location to expertise totality is off Mexico’s Pacific Coast, round 11 AM PST.
Holland America Line can have two ships, Koningsdam and Zaandam, positioned off the coast of Mexico for a perfect viewing of the overall eclipse. Due to this positioning, company will probably be a number of the first to see totality, climate allowing.
A livestream of the occasion aboard Koningsdam will start at roughly 10:20 AM PST on the following hyperlink: https://fb.me/e/1ZJA7i7t9
We invite you to air this livestream hyperlink in your viewers to affix the company onboard our ships as a number of the first to expertise this thrilling celestial occasion.
WHEN: Monday, April 8, 2024 @ 10:20 AM PST
WHO: Zaandam Captain Ane Smit and Dr. Adam Burgasser, a professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, observational astrophysicist, and science lecturer will probably be aboard Koningsdam’s eclipse cruise and accessible for remark to debate what makes this eclipse so particular, and why viewing the eclipse aboard a cruise ship is a very distinctive expertise. The next quotes can be found for attribution:
Captain Ane Smit: “Our company will probably be a number of the first to see the eclipse in totality and everybody aboard Zaandam will probably be working to make that have extraordinarily particular for them—together with everybody on the bridge. Our plan is to place ourselves within the path of the eclipse earlier than it begins and be proper on the middle path when it’s at full totality. We’ll most probably be sustaining a low pace, preserving the solar straight forward or astern to make sure the most effective view.”
Dr. Adam Burgasser: “This primary whole photo voltaic eclipse in North America in seven years is one thing folks around the globe — together with astronomers — are excited to look at, and there’s no higher place to see the eclipse than at sea. Not solely will the Solar be blocked for over 4 minutes, turning day into evening, the complete atmosphere will change — the air will cool, vegetation and animals will react, and the world round us will tackle a cosmic stillness. Furthermore, at sea we’ll be capable of view the eclipse from horizon to horizon, discerning the sting of the Solar’s shadow that can seem as a 360-degree twilight.”
And bear in mind to get particular eclipse glasses
