Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt is just one of the iconic locations the total solar eclipse on Aug. 2, 2027 will be visible from.The beauty of a total solar eclipse is that it happens at all, not how long totality lasts. Anyone with the merest glimpse of the eclipsed sun on Apr. 8, 2024 will know that. Those clouded out will know that it's clear weather, not the duration of totality, which is the most critical aspect of eclipse-chasing.
As always, there are trade-offs to be had in terms of comfort and convenience, and maximizing your chance of seeing the eclipsed sun in a clear sky. Popular destinations for foreign eclipse chasers will likely include cruise ships, southern Spain, Gibraltar and northern Morocco. However, with 88.9 million living in the path, according toIf you're headed to Egypt, you can forget about meteorology."There is no chance of cloud in eastern Libya and western Egypt," says Jay Anderson, a Canadian meteorologist who plans eclipse expeditions and whose climatological analysis of eclipse tracks onis a must-read for eclipse chasers.
Cruise ships will also ply the Straits of Gibraltar between Spain and Africa and the coasts of southwestern Spain and northwestern Morocco, though here, the chance of a clear sky is far less, according to average August daytime cloud cover statistics."There are interesting cloud patterns in the eastern Mediterranean that funnel through the Straits of Gibraltar," said Anderson.