🌒 NH's Celestial Showcase: Join Us for the 2024 Solar Eclipse Event!

Focus on All Things New England! [New England Focus Logo]( New Hampshire Total Solar Eclipse: Know Before You Go Granite State tips and tidbits for eclipse tourists. [Logo]( Sponsored by: [Visit New Hampshire]( While millions will witness the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse in urban hubs such as Dallas, Cleveland, and Indianapolis, visitors to New Hampshire have the chance to immerse themselves in the natural beauty of the Granite State. The path of totality will cross the wild and scenic Great North Woods region; meanwhile, the rest of the state will offer deep partial eclipse views, with better than 90 percent coverage of the sun. [Great North Woods] Eclipse Travel Tips Come early and stay late. There are no major freeways in the Great North Woods; nearly all roads outside the few population centers are two-lane highways. Traffic on Eclipse Day is expected to be extremely heavy, so plan to arrive and depart the region at least a day or two before/after. Come prepared. Don’t assume you can simply show up in town and find everything you need. Set your lodging plans well in advance, and bring anything that may help you avoid long lines: supplies, cash, snacks, a full tank of gas. Be weather-wise. April is “mud season” in New Hampshire, and it can feel like winter one day and spring the next. Check the forecast and pack accordingly. For more information and a searchable list of New Hampshire lodging, go to: [nhsolareclipse.com]( [Great North American Solar Eclipse]( NH is one of only 13 states in the path of totality. Plan now with our visitors’ guide, filled with viewing tips and travel ideas to inspire you to “come early and stay late”! [Digital NH Solar Eclipse Guide]( SPONSORED [Total Eclipse Timeline] Courtesy of NASA Aubrey Gemignani Eclipse Safety Tips Resist the urge to peek. Just as with looking at the sun itself, looking directly at a solar eclipse — even just a quick glance — can permanently damage your eyes. The only safe time to look directly at the sun without solar filters is during the brief moment of totality. Choose the right gear. Sunglasses, swim goggles, welding glasses, etc., are not safe for looking at the sun. You need special-purpose solar filters, preferably new, that meet the ISO 12312-2:2015 safety standard and are marked with the manufacturer’s name and address. And any magnification device you want to use, like binoculars or a camera, should also have its own high-grade solar filter — eclipse glasses alone won’t prevent damage from magnified sunlight. Opt for indirect viewing. A safe, inexpensive, and kid-friendly way to see an eclipse is with a [homemade solar viewer](. This can be as simple as a colander (which you use to project the eclipse onto the ground or a piece of paper) or something slightly more crafty, like a cardboard pinhole projector. [McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center] Courtesy of the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center And Did You Know? Though its nickname is rooted in rock, New Hampshire has a number of notable connections to the realm of space. • In 1961, Derry native Alan Shepard became the first American to travel into space. • The first schoolteacher to be chosen for a space mission was Concord’s Christa McAuliffe, who was lost in the 1986 Challenger disaster. • These two pioneers are commemorated at the [McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center]( in Concord, an air and space museum whose planetarium is one of only three in North America with cutting-edge 10K projectors. • Lenses from Optical Solutions (in Charlestown), bearings from Timken (Keene), and a cryocooler from Creare (Hanover) have all gone into the celebrated James Webb Space Telescope. • BAE Systems of Nashua built the “brains” of Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity. • The rockets for NASA’s new Orion spacecraft — taking humans into space farther than ever before — are designed with external plumbing from Laconia’s STS Aerospace. [Ad-300x250]( SPONSORED [New England]( [TRAVEL]( [FOOD]( [LIVING]( [WEEKENDS WITH YANKEE TV]( [YANKEE MAGAZINE]( [SHOP]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Pinterest]( You received this email because you signed for updates from [NewEngland.com](. If you do not wish to receive our regular e-mail newsletters in the future, please [click here to manage your preferences or unsubscribe](. *Please do not reply to this e-mail* © 2024 Yankee Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. 1121 Main Street | P.O. Box 520 | Dublin, NH 03444 [Contact Us]( [View web version](