Total superiority

Honestly I kinda feel like an annular eclipse is prettier, but I'm still excited just for the rarity of the experience.

And who am I kidding? How often do annular eclipses happen either? I'm happy that EITHER happen near me lol

Edit 3 weeks later, after the eclipse: I take it all back - the difference between a sliver of visible sun, and totality, is worlds apart. It's a totally different beast. It's in a different league. It doesn't seem like a big deal on camera, but in person it's incomparable.

pictures cannot capture the ephemeral, indescribable beauty of the moments of totality

total eclipse wins every time

get effin HYPE
- It is really the most magical experience a human can experience without drugs.
- Annular eclipse isn't a partial eclipse. It's just like a total eclipse, but with a frickin ring of fire. How frickin metal is that?!?!
  
  But I'd get hype for either, honestly.
I traveled to see the annular eclipse in October, and I'm traveling to the path of the total eclipse next month. I'm sure they both will be amazing experiences. My last total eclipse is decades ago.

In short, I disagree with this meme.
Annular are more common. And you can't look at them without solar glasses. Total you can look for the few minutes without glasses.
- According to Wikipedia, and data for the last century, there were 73 annular and 71 total eclipses, which is pretty close to the same. List of 20th century eclipses. Now, I haven't checked to see if there are more of one than the other in the eclipse cycle, but given the difference of 2 over a century and the cycle taking 18 years, it can't be more than one.
  
  But see them while you can. In the distant future, there won't be any total eclipses.
- You still shouldn’t look at them unprotected, because you don’t notice the damage until it’s too late, iirc

I'm just happy to see a partial eclipse .... how many times do you get to see the moon passing in front of the sun? Full, annular, partial ... it doesn't matter to me, it's a unique solar event that doesn't happen often and it amazes me.

Relatively common, actually. At least compared to being able to see a full total. Geographically speaking, that is.

As much as I utterly love the original by Bonnie Tyler, I can't not sing their version along instead.

The first one looks like the Dark Sign. Which, IMO, is cooler.

How does the sun appear to someone wearing a VISOR?

Don't know but when they do ... they'll gonna need a new visor after
During a total eclipse, he could actually take it off! (certain conditions apply, blind engineers maybe require additional ocular enhancements)

This is the last North American eclipse for like 20 years so don't miss it.

Correct!

I didn't realize the moon's distance to the Earth varied enough to cause annular eclipses. I always wondered why we didn't see more eclipses since the moon is revolving around earth monthly.

The moon also doesn't orbit at the same plane as the earth around the sun, so sometimes it's above the sun and other times it's below
Not only that, but the Moon slowly gets further and further from the Earth so over time there will be more annular eclipses and fewer total eclipses