After traveling to Tennessee in 2017 to see a total eclipse, it was pretty much a given I’d want to see one again. The 2024 eclipse in theory would be visible far closer to home, but the possibility of cloud cover was much higher. So, we took an Amtrak to Syracuse, New York, which was just within the path of totality. The weather in the morning was great–nearly clear skies and the only clouds were very high up. But of course as the day progressed, the lower clouds rolled in.
It was cloudy enough that I had a hard time even finding the sun in the sky before the start of the eclipse. But, here and there, the sun poked through, giving a spookier view of the lead-up to totality. Miraculously, the clouds cleared just enough that totality was visible! The effect of the clouds and the magenta prominences made this eclipse seem completely different from the clear skies of 2017 but it was just as unforgettable.
