rule…first eclipse…just watch and experience. Second one play with your camera.
I did thr 2012 annual at Grand Canyon and 2027 total st grand Teton.
I was at my sisters friends in the 219/90 area. It was mostly cloudy.
I was in clear skies for 2012 and 2027.
2027 totality was a narrower band than this one where time was around 3:20 vs 3:45. at totality in 2017 it was more like a dimmer switch on an overhead light making it darker but you had horizon blue skies.
with it being overcast you can see the shadow coming and thrn dhafoe made it like midfle of the night thrn you could see something like a sunrise coming in the western ski.
I hope to be alive in 2044 and 2045 to see the eclipses. I’ll be in my mid 70s
the 2045 one in glacier. This is near the edge of totality and I have to check times and dunpositions if I want to do it from therr ve sunset in eastern montana/ western nd ( theodorecroosevelt rlt np)
the 2045 crosses the country through south/ central utah and Colorado hitting a bunch of national parks.
I plan on going to the 2026 eclipse in august in Spain.
others…
the 2027 one will be a long one with sound 6:30 in totality. The longest possible is 7:32 in totality. This one hits far southern Spain, gilbtalter, north Morocco and it crosses nw to se Egypt
Nov 2030 there is one that crosses South Africa and Australia
2033 one crosses Africa but it’s just off the coast of Ghana ( relatively sadder place to go for it)
in Xmas 2038 time one crosses Australia and New Zealand