For those who like travel, being in a bucket-list destination during a rare total solar eclipse is a no-brainer. Every single eclipse-chaser I talked to at the Solar Eclipse Conference a few weeks ago is planning to be in and around Luxor. However, this total solar eclipse is not about clear skies and iconic locations, but duration. The duration makes this eclipse only 19 seconds shorter than the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, which happened in 2009 in Asia. So if you see a total solar eclipse only once in your life, make it August 2, 2027.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 20, 2018 17:37 UTC