{"id":4660,"date":"2017-08-21T22:41:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T02:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=4660"},"modified":"2017-08-21T22:41:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T02:41:52","slug":"an-almost-too-late-roundup-of-historical-and-unusual-eclipse-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/08\/an-almost-too-late-roundup-of-historical-and-unusual-eclipse-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"An Almost-Too-Late Roundup of Historical and Unusual Eclipse Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I meant to post this before today’s solar eclipse, but I spent a good chunk of the past few days dealing with basic site maintenance; during the eclipse itself I was, well, observing and photographing it<\/a>. But while the iron may not be as red-hot as it was even eight hours ago, it’s still glowing a bit, so how about I clear out some bookmarks:<\/p>\n

Eclipse maps that pinpoint the zone of totality date back to the eighteenth century.\u00a0Atlas Obscura<\/em> looks at those early eclipse maps<\/a>, notably those from Edmond Halley.<\/p>\n

In the runup to the eclipse there have been some\u00a0seriously<\/em> weird and quirky eclipse maps, many of which correlating the path of the eclipse to utterly unrelated things. The first one I saw was this one: the path of the eclipse versus bigfoot sightings.<\/p>\n

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"There are no more eclipse maps to make"<\/p>\n

Challenge accepted. pic.twitter.com\/PnFJSXeSiY<\/a><\/p>\n

— Joshua Stevens (@jscarto) August 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n