I took the solar eclipse flight. Here's my journey at 30,000 feet.

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Here's my journey at 30,000 feet.","articleBody":"Millions of people made pilgrimage to the cities within the total solar eclipse track today, praying for clear skies at the moment the moon would briefly evict the sun from the heavens. But a few shadow chasers didn't want to risk the April showers, and instead booked a flight that all but promised an unobstructed view above the clouds.\n SEE ALSO:\n \n That iconic Trump meme may save eyes this solar eclipse\n \n \n \nWhen Delta Airlines offered me one of about 200 seats on its A321neo commercial airplane from Dallas to Detroit on Apr. 8, I agreed for the opportunity to report on this historical space event — the last total solar eclipse to touch the U.S. mainland for the next 20 years, according to NASA. But it wasn't an immediate \"yes\" from me. As a chronic sufferer of motion sickness, the idea of combining vertigo with a work deadline at 30,000 feet seemed like the recipe for a really memorable panic attack. \n \n Tweet may have been deleted\n \n\nBut my mind kept going back to a conversation with Jenna Samra, a solar physicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. She had conducted research on an airplane during the 2017 solar eclipse and would be flying a telescope again this time to survey the sun's corona in infrared light. Her journey aboard a Gulfstream V jet, run by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, would take her even higher, to 45,000 feet. Despite having had this rare opportunity, Samra admitted she had not actually looked at the eclipse — not even once. In fact, instead of telling me about her own encounter with totality, she described the screams of other passengers ricocheting through the metal airborne tube while she locked her eyes on a computer screen. Those precious three minutes of data — captured in the darkness — gave her a thesis. Did she feel regret, I wondered, working through the peak moment, rather than experiencing it for herself? \n \n \n\n\n \n \n Shadow chasers avoided rainy weather by taking a Delta flight into the path of totality.\n Credit: Delta\n \n \n\"I think no,\" she told me. \"I definitely want to be in the air because there will definitely be an eclipse in the air. As far as 'seeing' it or 'not seeing' it, that's somewhat under my control.\" A deep-seated desire for control? Yeah, I can identify with that.Total solar eclipses happen somewhere around the globe about every two years, but it takes an average 375 years for one of these celestial coincidences to recur in the same place. \n \n \n\n\n \n \n This will be the last total solar eclipse to touch the U.S. mainland for the next 20 years.\n Credit: Delta \n \n \nThe main event is the milky light of the sun's corona. Because the face of the sun is a million times brighter, this swaddle of super-hot gas is normally bleached out of the sky. Only when the moon completely blocks the sun from Earth does the corona emerge, spilling beyond the moon's rim into space. Despite all that we've learned about the cosmos, there are still enigmas right here in our planetary neighborhood, like why the ever-present corona is so much hotter than the sun itself. These mysteries are what beckon humanity to look up. They unify us in our yearning for answers. They also remind us of our smallness — our fundamental blippiness in the universe. Never wanting to turn down a reporting assignment, I packed my motion sickness tablets and spent the entire weekend before the flight working myself into a frenzy. But if Samra could get a thesis out of her three minutes in darkness, surely I could cobble a good story out of four.\n \n Tweet may have been deleted\n \n\nAs Delta passengers at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport arrived at the gate on Monday, the airline greeted them with a massive balloon archway and baskets of solar eclipse safety glasses. Jeanne Walker tried to balance a pair of the cardboard solar viewers on her dog Maddigan, who travels with her and her husband, John Walker. Jeanne, who came from Colorado, was glad she would have the window seat. \"She's a good sharer,\" John said. \"Not today,\" she said slyly. Julie Anderson, who brought along her three sons, James, Justin, and Jeffrey, said she sort of sprang the trip on her family. \"I told their principals that we were missing school days for something epic, but I didn't say what it was,\" she said. \n \n \n\n\n \n \n Among the swag, Delta gave passengers SunChips and Moon Pies to enjoy during the eclipse. \n Credit: Delta\n \n \nFor the eclipse flight, Delta worked with the Federal Aviation Administration to design a flight path with special turns in the air allowing passengers on both sides of the aircraft to get optimal views. The plane ascended, and passengers broke out the complimentary snacks — SunChips and Moon Pies, of course — and watched the flight tracker on the seat backs to see where we were in the air. We would intercept the eclipse over Northeast Arkansas toward Southeast Missouri, said Warren Weston, a Delta meteorologist on the flight.\n \n \n\n\n \n \n A boy enjoys the view with his protective solar eclipse glasses.\n Credit: Delta\n \n \nAfter the so-called \"first contact,\" when the moon began the great shuffle in front of the sun, the main cabin gradually fell dim. Passengers who had clutched their solar eclipse glasses like rosaries started to put them on. The mood shifted. Suddenly, I felt a primal urge to thump my chest and beat a drum as I scanned the sky with my eclipse glasses for bright light. The pilot, Captain Alex Howell, said he would tilt the plane so the sun would drop down into our field of view. There it was. I found the sun, but not totality. I could see an orange sliver peeking out, shaped like a fingernail. There was no glorious halo of white light.\n \n \n\n\n \n \n Though passengers on the Delta flight that departed from Austin, Texas, saw the corona, most people on the flight from Dallas only saw a partial eclipse from the sky.\n Credit: Delta\n \n \n\"That was it,\" a woman from somewhere behind me said. \"We've passed it.\" I didn't know what to do, other than laugh with Kasey Stiles, who sat beside me. Stiles told me she had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer a month ago. Since then, she had been traveling and crossing things off the proverbial bucket list. Seeing the eclipse was one of them.She wasn't disappointed — life is full of things you can't plan for. Her mind was already somewhere else, thinking about her next excursion to Niagara Falls. She and her travel companion, Drew Heilman, were about to hop in a rental car and begin the drive.\"I mean, what can you do?\" she said. \"It's not for not trying.\" You can watch Mashable Space Reporter Elisha Sauers on her solar eclipse flight on Mashable's X\/Twitter or Instagram.","datePublished":"2024-04-09T10:44:24+00:00","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","url":"https:\/\/mashable.com\/","name":"Mashable","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/mashable.com\/images\/mashable-logomark.png","width":2400,"height":2400},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mashable\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/mashable","https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@Mashable","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/mashable\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mashable"],"description":"Mashable is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company.\n Powered by its own proprietary technology, Mashable is the go-to source for tech,\n digital culture and entertainment content for its dedicated and influential audience around the globe.","publishingPrinciples":"https:\/\/mashable.com\/about\/editorial-standards"},"author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Elisha Sauers","email":"elisha.sauers@ziffmedia.com","url":"https:\/\/mashable.com\/author\/elisha-sauers","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/defaults\/fallback-thumbnail.fill.size_1200x675.1.png","width":1200,"height":675,"caption":"Default Image"},{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/defaults\/fallback-thumbnail.fill.size_1200x900.1.png","width":1200,"height":900,"caption":"Default Image"},{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/defaults\/fallback-thumbnail.fill.size_1200x1200.1.png","width":1200,"height":1200,"caption":"Default Image"}]}],"image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw\/hero-image.fill.size_1200x675.v1712620025.jpg","width":1200,"height":675,"caption":"Delta flew two planes, one from Austin, Texas, and another from Dallas, into the path of totality during the solar eclipse Apr. 8, 2024. 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Here's my journey at 30,000 feet.</h1> <div class="mt-2 leading-tight md:leading-normal text-xl max-w-4xl ">Minds blown (sorta).</div> <div class="w-full subtitle-2 mt-8 text-left md:flex md:flex-wrap md:items-baseline md:space-x-8 "> <div> By <a href="/author/elisha-sauers" class="underline-link">Elisha Sauers</a>  on <time datetime="Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:44:24 +0000">April 9, 2024</time> </div> <div class="flex flex-initial content-start mt-4 text-base md:mt-0"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle%2Fsolar-eclipse-flight-delta-2024" data-ga-element="social-share-link" data-ga-action="social_share_link" data-ga-position="1" data-ga-label="facebook" data-ga-click aria-label="Facebook Share" class="pr-3 hover:text-primary-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="(opens in a new window)"> <svg class="inline-block w-5 h-4 fill-current"><use href="/images/icons/spritemap.svg#sprite-facebook-f-brands"></use></svg> <span class="sr-only">Share on Facebook</span> </a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle%2Fsolar-eclipse-flight-delta-2024&text=I+took+the+solar+eclipse+flight.+Here%27s+my+journey+at+30%2C000+feet." data-ga-element="social-share-link" data-ga-action="social_share_link" data-ga-position="2" data-ga-label="twitter" data-ga-click aria-label="Twitter Share" class="px-3 hover:text-primary-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="(opens in a new window)"> <svg class="inline-block w-5 h-4 fill-current"><use href="/images/icons/spritemap.svg#sprite-twitter-brands"></use></svg> <span class="sr-only">Share on Twitter</span> </a> <a href="https://share.flipboard.com/bookmarklet/popout?v=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle%2Fsolar-eclipse-flight-delta-2024&title=I+took+the+solar+eclipse+flight.+Here%27s+my+journey+at+30%2C000+feet." data-ga-element="social-share-link" data-ga-action="social_share_link" data-ga-position="3" data-ga-label="flipboard" data-ga-click aria-label="Flipboard Share" class="px-3 hover:text-primary-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="(opens in a new window)"> <svg class="inline-block w-5 h-4 fill-current"><use href="/images/icons/spritemap.svg#sprite-flipboard-brands"></use></svg> <span class="sr-only">Share on Flipboard</span> </a> </div> </div> <div class=""> </div> </header> <main class="justify-between items-stretch px-4 mx-auto lg:flex max-w-8xl"> <section class="flex-grow 2xl:pr-4" data-ga-module="content_body"> <div class="mx-auto -mx-4 max-w-5xl lg:px-8 lg:mx-auto"> <div class="max-w-7xl px-4 mt-8 text-primary-400 font-sans mx-auto mt-10"> <img class="w-full border border-gray-100" src="https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/hero-image.fill.size_1248x702.v1712620025.jpg" alt="Passenger watching the eclipse" width="1248" height="702" srcset="https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/hero-image.fill.size_400x225.v1712620025.jpg 400w, https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/hero-image.fill.size_800x450.v1712620025.jpg 800w, https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/hero-image.fill.size_1248x702.v1712620025.jpg 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" > <div class="mt-2 leading-none text-left"> <span class="font-sans normal-case subtitle-2 text-gray-1000">Delta flew two planes, one from Austin, Texas, and another from Dallas, into the path of totality during the solar eclipse Apr. 8, 2024. </span> <span class="font-sans text-gray-600 subtitle-2">Credit: Delta</span> </div> </div> <div class="max-w-7xl px-4 mx-auto"> <hr class="border-top border-gray-100 mt-12"> </div> </div> <section class="mx-auto max-w-3xl"> <div class="flex flex-col items-center p-4 md:flex-row md:space-x-4"> <div class="w-2/6 md:w-1/6"> <a href="/series/solar-eclipse-2024" data-ga-label="Total Solar Eclipse 2024" data-ga-click data-ga-action="series_logo"> <img class="w-full" src="https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/series/065Wt2r9g2PYLdT8JoeboHv/logo.fill.size_400x400.v1705439193.png" alt="Total Solar Eclipse 2024" width="400" height="400" loading="lazy" > </a> </div> <div class="mt-4 w-full md:mt-0 md:w-5/6"> <div class="leading-tight subtitle-2"> <p>In 2024, a rare total solar eclipse will pass over the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Millions will have the chance to see the moon completely block out the sun, revealing our star's ghostly atmosphere. It's a thrilling event. Here's everything you need to know.</p> </div> </div> </div> <hr class="border-gray-100 border-top"> </section> <article id="article" data-autopogo class="mt-8 font-serif editor-content"> <p>Millions of people made pilgrimage to the cities within the <a href="https://mashable.com/article/solar-eclipse-viewing-tips-2024" target="_self" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body">total solar eclipse</a> track today, praying for clear skies at the moment the moon would briefly evict the sun from the heavens. </p><p>But a few shadow chasers didn't want to risk the April showers, and instead booked a flight that all but promised an unobstructed view <a href="https://mashable.com/article/solar-eclipse-2024-best-places-to-see-view" target="_self" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body">above the clouds</a>.</p><div class="flex mx-auto mt-8 w-full max-w-3xl font-sans text-lg leading-normal md:text-xl md:leading-7"> <span class="font-bold text-primary-400">SEE ALSO:</span> <a href="/article/donald-trump-sun-solar-eclipse" class="flex items-center text-secondary-300"> <span class="ml-1">That iconic Trump meme may save eyes this solar eclipse</span> <svg class="ml-1 w-4 h-4 font-normal fill-current"><use href="/images/icons/spritemap.svg#sprite-arrow-right-thin"></use></svg> </a> </div> <p>When Delta Airlines offered me one of about 200 seats on its <a href="https://news.delta.com/eclipse-viewing-30000-feet-delta-offer-path-totality-flight" target="_blank" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body" title="(opens in a new window)">A321neo</a> commercial airplane from Dallas to Detroit on Apr. 8, I agreed for the opportunity to report on this historical <a href="https://mashable.com/category/space" target="_self" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body">space</a> event — the last total solar eclipse to touch the U.S. mainland for the next 20 years, according to <a href="https://mashable.com/category/nasa" target="_self" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body">NASA</a>. But it wasn't an immediate "yes" from me. As a chronic sufferer of motion sickness, the idea of combining vertigo with a work deadline at 30,000 feet seemed like the recipe for a really memorable panic attack. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <a class="text-gray-600" href="https://twitter.com/FAANews/status/1776339102826127865" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="(opens in a new window)"> Tweet may have been deleted </a> </blockquote> <p>But my mind kept going back to a conversation with Jenna Samra, a solar physicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. She had conducted research on an airplane during <a href="https://mashable.com/article/solar-eclipse-2024-compared-to-2017" target="_self" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body">the 2017 solar eclipse</a> and would be flying a telescope again this time to survey the sun's corona in infrared light. Her journey aboard a Gulfstream V jet, run by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, would take her even higher, to 45,000 feet. </p><p>Despite having had this rare opportunity, Samra admitted she had not actually looked at the eclipse — not even once. In fact, instead of telling me about her own encounter with totality, she described the screams of other passengers ricocheting through the metal airborne tube while she locked her eyes on a computer screen. Those precious three minutes of data — captured in the darkness — gave her <a href="https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/jenna-samra-wins-iau-phd-prize" target="_blank" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body" title="(opens in a new window)">a thesis</a>. </p><p>Did she feel regret, I wondered, working through the peak moment, rather than <a href="https://mashable.com/article/solar-eclipse-2024-what-to-expect" target="_self" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body">experiencing it</a> for herself? </p><div class="eloquent-imagery-image"> <div class="flex justify-center"> <img class="border border-gray-100" src="https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-8.fill.size_2000x1334.v1712620553.jpg" alt="A woman awaiting the eclipse" width="2000" height="1334" loading="lazy" srcset="https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-8.fill.size_800x534.v1712620553.jpg 800w, https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-8.fill.size_1400x934.v1712620553.jpg 1400w, https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-8.fill.size_2000x1334.v1712620553.jpg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px"> </div> <div class="mt-2 subtitle-2 font-sans "> <span class="normal-case text-gray-1000">Shadow chasers avoided rainy weather by taking a Delta flight into the path of totality.</span> <span class="text-gray-600 credit">Credit: Delta</span> </div> </div> <p>"I think no," she told me. "I definitely want to be in the air because there will definitely be an eclipse in the air. As far as 'seeing' it or 'not seeing' it, that's somewhat under my control." </p><p>A deep-seated desire for control? Yeah, I can identify with that.</p><p>Total solar eclipses happen somewhere around the globe about every two years, but it takes <a href="https://mashable.com/article/solar-eclipse-2024-how-often-rare" target="_self" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body">an average 375 years</a> for one of these celestial coincidences to recur in the same place. </p><div class="eloquent-imagery-image"> <div class="flex justify-center"> <img class="border border-gray-100" src="https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-5.fill.size_2000x1334.v1712620025.jpg" alt="Passenger photographing the solar eclipse" width="2000" height="1334" loading="lazy" srcset="https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-5.fill.size_800x534.v1712620025.jpg 800w, https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-5.fill.size_1400x934.v1712620025.jpg 1400w, https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-5.fill.size_2000x1334.v1712620025.jpg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px"> </div> <div class="mt-2 subtitle-2 font-sans "> <span class="normal-case text-gray-1000">This will be the last total solar eclipse to touch the U.S. mainland for the next 20 years.</span> <span class="text-gray-600 credit">Credit: Delta </span> </div> </div> <p>The main event is the milky light of the <a href="https://mashable.com/article/space-sun-sharpest-image-esa" target="_self" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body">sun's corona</a>. Because the face of the sun is a million times brighter, this swaddle of super-hot gas is normally bleached out of the sky. Only when <a href="https://mashable.com/article/how-far-moon-earth-distance" target="_self" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body">the moon</a> completely blocks the sun from Earth does the corona emerge, spilling beyond the moon's rim into space. </p><p>Despite all that we've learned about the cosmos, there are still enigmas right here in our planetary neighborhood, like why the ever-present <a href="https://mashable.com/article/how-hot-is-sun-nasa" target="_self" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body">corona is so much hotter</a> than the sun itself. These mysteries are what beckon humanity to look up. They unify us in our yearning for answers. 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But if Samra could get a thesis out of her three minutes in darkness, surely I could cobble a good story out of four.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <a class="text-gray-600" href="https://twitter.com/mashable/status/1777356511175475697" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="(opens in a new window)"> Tweet may have been deleted </a> </blockquote> <p>As Delta passengers at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport arrived at the gate on Monday, the airline greeted them with a massive balloon archway and baskets of <a href="https://mashable.com/article/solar-eclipse-glasses-tips-2024" target="_self" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body">solar eclipse safety glasses</a>. Jeanne Walker tried to balance a pair of the cardboard solar viewers on her dog Maddigan, who travels with her and her husband, John Walker. Jeanne, who came from Colorado, was glad she would have the window seat. </p><p>"She's a good sharer," John said. </p><p>"Not today," she said slyly. </p><p>Julie Anderson, who brought along her three sons, James, Justin, and Jeffrey, said she sort of sprang the trip on her family. </p><p>"I told their principals that we were missing school days for something epic, but I didn't say what it was," she said. </p><div class="eloquent-imagery-image"> <div class="flex justify-center"> <img class="border border-gray-100" src="https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-7.fill.size_2000x1334.v1712620025.jpg" alt="Delta giving people swag" width="2000" height="1334" loading="lazy" srcset="https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-7.fill.size_800x534.v1712620025.jpg 800w, https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-7.fill.size_1400x934.v1712620025.jpg 1400w, https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-7.fill.size_2000x1334.v1712620025.jpg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px"> </div> <div class="mt-2 subtitle-2 font-sans "> <span class="normal-case text-gray-1000">Among the swag, Delta gave passengers SunChips and Moon Pies to enjoy during the eclipse. </span> <span class="text-gray-600 credit">Credit: Delta</span> </div> </div> <p>For the eclipse flight, Delta worked with the Federal Aviation Administration to design a flight path with special turns in the air allowing passengers on both sides of the aircraft to get optimal views. The plane ascended, and passengers broke out the complimentary snacks — SunChips and Moon Pies, of course — and watched the flight tracker on the seat backs to see where we were in the air. We would intercept the eclipse over Northeast Arkansas toward Southeast Missouri, said Warren Weston, a Delta meteorologist on the flight.</p><div class="related-stories" data-ga-impression data-ga-module="related_stories" data-ga-element="related_stories_link" data-ga-item="title"> <div class="flex flex-row items-center"> <hr> <div class="px-4 mx-auto mt-0 w-full max-w-3xl font-sans text-2xl font-bold tracking-normal leading-normal text-center whitespace-nowrap shrink">Related Stories</div> <hr> </div> <ul> <li><a href="/article/donald-trump-sun-solar-eclipse" data-ga-click data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-action="related_stories" data-ga-position="1">That iconic Trump meme may save eyes this solar eclipse</a></li> <li><a href="/article/solar-eclipse-2024-what-to-expect" data-ga-click data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-action="related_stories" data-ga-position="2">What's the big deal about solar eclipses? 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It's a tricky question, even for scientists.</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="eloquent-imagery-image"> <div class="flex justify-center"> <img class="border border-gray-100" src="https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-6.fill.size_2000x1334.v1712620025.jpg" alt="Watching a solar eclipse" width="2000" height="1334" loading="lazy" srcset="https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-6.fill.size_800x534.v1712620025.jpg 800w, https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-6.fill.size_1400x934.v1712620025.jpg 1400w, https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-6.fill.size_2000x1334.v1712620025.jpg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px"> </div> <div class="mt-2 subtitle-2 font-sans "> <span class="normal-case text-gray-1000">A boy enjoys the view with his protective solar eclipse glasses.</span> <span class="text-gray-600 credit">Credit: Delta</span> </div> </div> <p>After the so-called <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/what-to-expect/" target="_blank" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body" title="(opens in a new window)">"first contact,"</a> when the moon began the great shuffle in front of the sun, the main cabin gradually fell dim. Passengers who had clutched their solar eclipse glasses like rosaries started to put them on. </p><p>The mood shifted. Suddenly, I felt a primal urge to thump my chest and beat a drum as I scanned the sky with my eclipse glasses for bright light. The pilot, Captain Alex Howell, said he would tilt the plane so the sun would drop down into our field of view. </p><p>There it was. I found the sun, but not totality. I could see an orange sliver peeking out, shaped like a fingernail. There was no glorious halo of white light.</p><div class="eloquent-imagery-image"> <div class="flex justify-center"> <img class="border border-gray-100" src="https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-4.fill.size_2000x1334.v1712620025.jpg" alt="Passengers see a partial eclipse" width="2000" height="1334" loading="lazy" srcset="https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-4.fill.size_800x534.v1712620025.jpg 800w, https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-4.fill.size_1400x934.v1712620025.jpg 1400w, https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05Z9Uihy0saGpkPEe0FIWGw/images-4.fill.size_2000x1334.v1712620025.jpg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px"> </div> <div class="mt-2 subtitle-2 font-sans "> <span class="normal-case text-gray-1000">Though passengers on the Delta flight that departed from Austin, Texas, saw the corona, most people on the flight from Dallas only saw a partial eclipse from the sky.</span> <span class="text-gray-600 credit">Credit: Delta</span> </div> </div> <p>"That was it," a woman from somewhere behind me said. "We've passed it." </p><p>I didn't know what to do, other than laugh with Kasey Stiles, who sat beside me. Stiles told me she had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer a month ago. Since then, she had been traveling and crossing things off the proverbial bucket list. Seeing the eclipse was one of them.</p><p>She wasn't disappointed — life is full of things you can't plan for. Her mind was already somewhere else, thinking about her next excursion to Niagara Falls. She and her travel companion, Drew Heilman, were about to hop in a rental car and begin the drive.</p><p>"I mean, what can you do?" she said. "It's not for not trying." </p><p><strong><em>You can watch Mashable Space Reporter Elisha Sauers on her solar eclipse flight on <a href="https://twitter.com/mashable/status/1777356511175475697" target="_blank" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body" title="(opens in a new window)">Mashable's X/Twitter</a></em></strong><strong><em> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18043218694684509/" target="_blank" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body" title="(opens in a new window)">Instagram</a></em></strong><strong><em>.</em></strong></p> <section class="mx-auto max-w-7xl"> <div class="flex flex-wrap mt-8 w-full font-sans subtitle-2 editor-content"> <p> <span class="mr-1.5 font-sans font-bold">Topics</span> <a class="underline-link hover:no-underline text-secondary-300 " href="https://mashable.com/category/innovations" aria-label="Navigate to the Innovations tag" data-ga-click data-ga-label="$text">Innovations</a> </p> </div> </section> </article> <section class="mx-auto mt-12 max-w-3xl border-t border-gray-200 border-solid"> <div class="py-8 w-full"> <div class="flex flex-col items-center pb-8 border-b border-gray-200 md:flex-row md:space-x-8"> <div class="flex flex-col justify-center items-center space-y-4 text-center md:flex-row md:justify-start md:space-y-0 md:space-x-6 md:text-left"> <img class="w-24 h-24 rounded-full border border-gray-200" src="https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/defaults/fallback-thumbnail.fill.size_100x100.1.png" alt="Mashable Image" width="100" height="100" loading="lazy" > <div class="flex flex-col space-y-2"> <div class="w-full font-bold header-200">Elisha Sauers</div> <div class="w-full text-xl font-bold"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mx-0 max-w-3xl font-serif editor-content"> <p>Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into <a href="https://mashable.com/article/why-nasa-going-to-moon-artemis" target="_self" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body">NASA's moon and Mars missions</a>, chatting up <a href="https://mashable.com/article/nasa-artemis-2-moon-commander-reid-wiseman" target="_self" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body">astronauts</a> and history-making <a href="https://mashable.com/article/black-hole-milky-way-discovery-sagittarius-a" target="_self" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body">discoverers</a>, and jetting <a href="https://mashable.com/article/solar-eclipse-flight-delta-2024" target="_self" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body">above the clouds</a>. Through 17 years of reporting, she's covered a variety of topics, including health, business, and government, with a penchant for public records requests. She previously worked for <em>The Virginian-Pilot</em> in Norfolk, Virginia, and <em>The Capital</em> in Annapolis, Maryland. Her work has earned numerous state awards, including the Virginia Press Association's top honor, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruwl6a8d2Z4" target="_blank" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body" title="(opens in a new window)"><u>Best in Show</u></a>, and <a href="https://featuresjournalism.org/contests-2/sfj-27th-annual-winners-by-category/" target="_blank" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body" title="(opens in a new window)"><u>national recognition</u></a> for narrative storytelling. For each year she has covered space, Sauers has won <a href="https://www.headlinerawards.org/2024-online/" target="_blank" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body" title="(opens in a new window)"><u>National Headliner Awards</u></a>, including first place for her <a href="https://mashable.com/series/sex-in-space" target="_self" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body">Sex in Space</a> series. Send space tips and story ideas to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#85e0e9ecf6ede4abf6e4f0e0f7f6c5ffece3e3e8e0e1ece4abe6eae8" target="_blank" data-ga-click="1" data-ga-label="$text" data-ga-item="text-link" data-ga-module="content_body" title="(opens in a new window)"><u><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1c7970756f747d326f7d69796e6f5c66757a7a717978757d327f7371">[email protected]</span></u></a> or text 443-684-2489. 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