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A total solar eclipse occurred on April 8, 2024 in North America, ten days before this comic. This comic comments on the fact that most solar eclipses happen on territories not easily reachable by humans, or do happen near easy to reach places, but with weather conditions that make viewin the eclipse less appealing.
This map shows one ideal location for seeing an eclipse within a path of totality. However, having 40,000,000 visitors per 6 square miles would equal 2.57 people per square meter, which isn't very much space available per person.
The title text mentions a solar eclipse of February 2063, but this annular eclipse will traverse through the Indian Ocean rather than close to the Arctic. It then jokingly suggests that a giant chasm could open up, making viewing easier.
Transcript
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- Every eclipse path map
- [Labels along the path from top to bottom:]
- Zone where totality lasts 1-2 seconds
- Bay of shifting ice
- Shipwreck cove
- Desert so hars they train Mars astronauts there
- Sea of rocky crags and maelstorms
- [State department travel advisory]
- Isle of perpetrual fog
- Nice, scenic, accessible area (6 square miles, 40,000,000 visitors expected)
- Tornado capital of the world
- Area where the eclipse will be low in the sky, behind the tornadoes
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Don't be a jerk.
There are a lot of comics that don't have set-in-stone explanations; feel free to put multiple interpretations in the wiki page for each comic.
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Please only submit material directly related to (and helping everyone better understand) xkcd... and of course only submit material that can legally be posted (and freely edited). Off-topic or other inappropriate content is subject to removal or modification at admin discretion, and users who repeatedly post such content will be blocked.
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