Missouri Total Eclipse Guide: 2024 Total Eclipse Guide Series

By Aaron Linsdau

The best Total Eclipse Guide for Missouri.

Start planning today for your Total Eclipse Experience.

On April 8, 2024, a remarkable event will occur over Missouri. A rare total eclipse will pass directly over the state. If you are planning to view the total eclipse in Missouri, you need the Missouri Total Eclipse Guide.

This book has everything you need to know about viewing and photographing the eclipse across the state. In it, you will find some of the secret locations locals know.

Why Buy the Missouri Total Eclipse Guide?

Where should you watch the eclipse from? How will you find these locations? If you have never been to Missouri before, you might get lost. You don't want to be lost on the big day of the eclipse! The book even will tell you exactly where to stand if you want to see the eclipse directly over Missouri. This commemorative official guide has information on lodging, travel and local secrets.

Photography

The book contains photography exposure settings for your camera. If you're interested in creating a stunning photo of the sun's corona, the book tells you the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO settings you'll need. You will find a wealth of information about how to safely and successfully photograph this rare total eclipse that will traverse the United States.

Kids and parents

The book also includes a fun total eclipse flip-book in the lower right corner!

Guides for the Fifteen States Under the 2024 Total Eclipse

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Aaron Linsdau is the author of:

• Adventure Expedition One, #1 bestseller (Feb 2019)

• Antarctic Tears #1 bestseller (June 2015)

• Lost at Windy Corner

• 2024 Total Eclipse Guide Series

• 2017 Total Eclipse Guide Series

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sastrugi Press
• Release date: Dec 28, 2019
• ISBN: 9781944986261

Aaron Linsdau

Polar explorer Aaron Linsdau is the second only American to ski alone from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole, setting a world record for the longest expedition ever for that trip. He has walked across Yellowstone National Park in winter, crossed the Greenland tundra alone, has trekked through the Sahara desert, attempted to climb Denali solo, and successfully climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. Aaron is an Eagle Scout and has received the Outstanding Eagle Scout Award. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in computational science. Aaron wrote the book & produced the film Antarctic Tears, is a commercial photographer, Polar explorer Aaron Linsdau is the second only American to ski alone from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole, setting a world record for the longest expedition ever for that trip. He has walked across Yellowstone National Park in winter, crossed the Greenland tundra alone, has trekked through the Sahara desert, attempted to climb Denali solo, and successfully climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. Aaron is an Eagle Scout and has received the Outstanding Eagle Scout Award. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in computational science. Aaron wrote the book & produced the film Antarctic Tears, and is a commercial photographer.

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Missouri Total Eclipse Guide

2024 Total Eclipse Guide Series

Aaron Linsdau

Published by Sastrugi Press, 2019.

While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.

MISSOURI TOTAL ECLIPSE GUIDE

First edition. December 28, 2019.

Copyright © 2019 Aaron Linsdau.

ISBN: 978-1944986261

Written by Aaron Linsdau.

Missouri

Total Eclipse Guide

Official Commemorative

2024 Keepsake Guidebook

2024 Total Eclipse State Guide Series

Aaron Linsdau

Sastrugi Press

Jackson Hole

Copyright © 2019 by Aaron Linsdau

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any computer system without the written permission of the author, except where permitted by law.

Sastrugi Press / Published by arrangement with the author

Missouri Total Eclipse Guide: Official Commemorative 2024 Keepsake Guidebook

The author has made every effort to accurately describe the locations contained in this work. Travel to some locations in this book is hazardous. The publisher has no control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content describing these locations, how to travel there, nor how to do it safely. Refer to local regulations and laws.

Any person exploring these locations is personally responsible for checking local conditions prior to departure. You are responsible for your own actions and decisions. The information contained in this work is based solely on the author’s research at the time of publication and may not be accurate in the future. Neither the publisher nor the author assumes any liability for anyone climbing, exploring, visiting, or traveling to the locations described in this work. Climbing is dangerous by its nature. Any person engaging in mountain climbing is responsible for learning the proper techniques. The reader assumes all risks and accepts full responsibility for injuries, including death.

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Library of Congress Catalog-in-Publication Data

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019949785

Linsdau, Aaron

Missouri Total Eclipse Guide / Aaron Linsdau-1st United States edition

p. cm.

1. Nature 2. Astronomy 3. Travel 4. Photography

Summary: Learn everything you need to know about viewing, experiencing, and photographing the total eclipse in Missouri on April 8, 2024.

ISBN-13: 978-1-944986-26-1 (paperback)

ISBN-13: 978-1-944986-93-3 (large print)

ISBN-13: 978-1-944986-94-0 (ebook)

508.4—dc23

Printed in the United States of America when purchased in the United States

All photography, maps and artwork by the author, except as noted.

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Contents

Introduction

All About Missouri

Overview of Missouri

Weather

Forest Fires

Road Closures Due to Fires

Wilderness and Forest Park Safety

Eclipse Day Safety

All About Eclipses

Total vs Partial Eclipse

Early Myth & Astronomy

Contemporary American Solar Phenomena

Future American Eclipses

Viewing and Photographing the Eclipse

Planning Ahead

Understanding Sun Position

Eclipse Data for Selected Locations

Eclipse Photography

Eclipse Photography Gear

Camera Phones

Viewing Locations Around Missouri

Remember the Missouri Total Eclipse

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing this book. It has everything you need to know about the total eclipse in Missouri on April 8, 2024.

A total eclipse passing through the United States is a rare event. The last US total eclipse was in 2017. It traveled from Oregon to South Carolina. The last American total eclipse prior to that was in 1979!

The next total eclipse over the US will not be until April 8, 2024. It will pass over Texas, the Midwest, and on to Maine. After that, the next coast-to-coast total eclipse will be in 2045.

It’s imperative to make travel plans early. You will be amazed at the number of people swarming to the total eclipse path. Some might say watching a partial versus a total eclipse is a similar experience. It’s not.

This book is written for Missouri visitors and anyone else viewing the eclipse. You will find general planning, viewing, and photography information inside. Should you travel to the eclipse path in Missouri in April, be prepared for an epic trip. The estimates based on the 2017 eclipse suggest that millions will converge on Missouri.

Some hotels in the communities and cities along the path of totality in Missouri have already been contacted by people to make reservations. Finding lodging along the eclipse path may be a major challenge.

Resources will be stretched far beyond the normal limits. Think gas lines from the late 1970s. It may be likely that traffic