"Maximizing Your Visual Experience: The Best Way to Watch the 2024 Solar Eclipse"

During Monday's solar eclipse, people along the path of totality can expect to see unusual visual effects, including changes in how they perceive colors such as red and green due to the Purkinje effect. As the moon blocks the sun, the dimming light will cause colors with longer wavelengths, like red, to appear darker, while shorter blue-green wavelengths will stand out. Other phenomena to anticipate include sharper shadows, crescent-shaped projections of the sun's image through tree gaps, and shadow bands.