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Explore the world on our interactive map! Mark, showcase and count the countries you have visited – your travel story, your way.

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Visualize and count the countries you have visited

Use the world map as a digital scratch card and mark all the countries you have already visited with a few simple mouse clicks. Whether it was a brief city excursion, an extensive vacation, or a phase of living abroad, you can capture and visualize those experiences on this map. If you're unable to locate the countries you have visited on the map, the list beneath it is your guide.

Select the Countries

The following form lists all countries globally, including numerous dependent territories, organized by continent. Simply select the country by checking the box, and watch as it automatically fills with color on the map. This action will also increase the country counter by one. Additionally, you can directly observe the percentage of the world you have already traveled.

Africa (55)

Europe (50), north america (35), australia & oceania (31), south america (15), antarctica (1).

Have you gone through the list and marked all your visited places? Which countries are still missing? Let a random country name generator inspire you for your next destination.

Share your Travel History

Embark on a visual journey with our interactive world map that lets you explore and highlight the countries you have visited. Whether you're a seasoned traveler or just starting your adventures, our scratch map feature allows you to mark the countries you've been to, creating a personalized travel history that showcases your global experiences. Easily navigate the map, select countries by name, and watch as each destination comes to life with vibrant colors. The user-friendly interface lets you document your travel milestones effortlessly. Want to share your wanderlust with friends? Our platform makes it simple to share your customized map, allowing you to relive your adventures and inspire others to explore the world. So, start pinning, scratching, and sharing – because every journey deserves to be celebrated and remembered on your own personalized map of the world.

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Build your own Skratch map

Skratch lets you plan, track and share your travel life with personalized maps

Mark the places you've been

Create your own scratch map in seconds. Add over 18k countries, territories, cities, regions, provinces and states

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Make smarter travel choices

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Create your travel bucket list

Easily keep track of places you've lived, visited and want to visit in the future

Organize your travel memories

Skratch detects the location of your photos and videos to help you create a timeline of memories from each country you visit

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• Afghanistan
• American Samoa
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Australian Indian Ocean Territories
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• British Virgin Islands
• Burkina Faso
• Canary Islands
• Cayman Islands
• Central African Republic
• Cook Islands
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Dominican Republic
• Dutch Caribbean
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Falkland Islands
• Faroe Islands
• Federated States of Micronesia
• French Guiana
• French Polynesia
• French Southern and Antarctic Lands
• French West Indies
• Guinea-Bissau
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands
• Hong Kong S.A.R.
• Isle of Man
• Ivory Coast
• Liechtenstein
• Macao S.A.R
• Marshall Islands
• Netherlands
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Norfolk Island
• North Korea
• Northern Cyprus
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Pitcairn Islands
• Puerto Rico
• Republic of Serbia
• Republic of the Congo
• Reunion Island
• Saint Barthelemy
• Saint Helena
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Martin
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Saudi Arabia
• Sierra Leone
• Sint Maarten
• Solomon Islands
• South Africa
• South Georgia and the Islands
• South Korea
• South Sudan
• Switzerland
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• The Bahamas
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turkmenistan
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United Republic of Tanzania
• United States Minor Outlying Islands
• United States of America
• United States Virgin Islands
• Wallis and Futuna
• Western Sahara

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Visited Travel App

Unlike other travel apps, with Visited you can re-live your experiences over and over, uncover new destinations and map your personal travel goals. See why over a million travelers use our app.

MAP YOUR TRAVELS

Design your personal travel map by displaying countries, states / provinces / regions and cities of where you have been or want to visit.

SEE WHERE TO NEXT

Visited has the answer for the burning question that most travelers are asking, “Where to next?” We rank the countries to visit based on the number of experiences, places of interest and inspirational photos you have selected.

See your full travel plan by country with a beautiful gallery of photos—and ability to share it.

TRAVEL EXPERIENCES & BUCKET LIST

Track your experiences by country such as where you’ve gone golfing, snorkelling/diving, skiing, wine tours and others.

Keep up with your travel life goals by selecting all the countries of the world that you want to visit.

Add travel journal notes by country of your travel dates, points of interest or personal memories.

GET INSPIRED

Build your destination wish list by browsing hundreds of photos. Keep track of the places you must visit based on interest. See famous places you have been to.

CUSTOMIZED EXPERIENCE

Share your travel map, stats and bucket list with your family and friends

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Available in over 30 languages.

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PERSONALIZED TRAVEL STATS

How do you stack up against other world travelers? Share your personalized stats (travel ranking, percentage of the world seen, countries visited) with others. 

See the Top 10 visited countries from your country. See your top 5 most frequently visited countries. And more!

PRINT YOUR PERSONALIZED MAP

Create a custom map print of your world travels in less than 10 minutes. Customize it with your own colors and have it delivered straight to your home. 

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Pin Traveler App

Track your travels, create your bucket list, save your favorite locations, and much more..

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Search from millions of locations available and pin your travels on your very own digital push pin travel map!

Easily export your travel map with pins and share on social media or give access to others to check out your map.

Log your trips, archive your photos, save your favorite places from your trips. Never forget your adventures!

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Get the app and sign up to Pin Traveler in a single click! Creating your own online push pin map is as easy as 123.

Track Your Travels

With text based searching or pin dropping, quickly create your own world travel map to pin where you've been.

View Your World Map

Take a minute to see where you've been on the world map. You can also view your destinations as a list and customize them to make your map more personal.

Share With Friends

Share your world travel map with the press of a button! You can let friends and family see your travel map with pins on their own devices. Disable sharing with ease at any time and keep your map private.

Personalize Your World Map

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Create your online travel bucket list with ease by adding pins to your wishlist.

Customize your travel map with pins, using various pin colors and map styles!

With personalized travel statistics explore how much of the world you have discovered.

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Map My Travels

Create an Interactive Travel Map of Your Tours and Activities

Are you dreaming of creating your own interactive travel map to bring your tours and adventures to life? With Map My Travels, it's easy! Craft and share custom maps of your travels, embedding them seamlessly on your website. Start mapping your journeys and share them with the world today!

Creating a travel map has never been easier

Combine an intuitive travel map creator with many customization options like uploading your own marker icons as well as loading in GPS files. Creating an interactive travel map has never been easier.

Create custom markers

One of the key features of Map My Travels is to customize the way you want to show waypoints on your travel map. That's why you can add markers to your map in multiple ways:

Add content to your travel map

A map marker without information is not a good marker! People want to know what happened at that specific place. That's why you can easily add a popup to your markers and routes, where you can add the following pieces of content:

Fill your travel map with content!

Embed the travel map on your own website

You can share your map in many different ways. You can share a link to the map on social media or where ever you like. You can also embed the map on your own website, like I've done on my personal website! It doesn't matter if your website is made with Wordpress, Squarespace or any other.

Upload GPS files

Upload your recorded travel data with ease. In the Map My Travels editor you can upload GPS files in the following formats:

After you've added the GPS files you can still change the line's appearance, like color, thickness, opacity etc.

Import your Strava Activities

If you host your travel activities on Strava, a popular fitness app on which you can share your traveled routes (usually used by hikers or cyclists), you can import these directly into the map creator!

If you don't have any recorded route data like from Strava or a GPS file, you can still add lines to your map by just drawing on the map!

Change the look of your travel map

You can customize the look of your map with 4 different map types that Google Maps provides:

Create as many travel maps as you want!

You can add as many travel maps in your account as you want, completely free! There are only limits on the amount of markers and routes you can add to your maps. But you can get started for absolutely free. See more information on pricing and limits on the pricing page.

Create travel maps on any device

All of the map creator features are totally compatible with both laptops and phones. Out of personal experience, I'd recommend editing the maps on a laptop or computer. The experience is a bit better for panning around the map, but it's totally possible to do it on a phone as well. Your travel map will look beautiful either way!

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Visited: Travel Map With Lists 4+

Trip planner with bucket list, arriving in high heels, designed for ipad.

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Beat your own travel stats. Get inspired to visit exotic new destinations. Track your experiences around the world as you tick off your bucket list. MAP YOUR TRAVELS -Design your personal travel map by displaying countries, states / provinces / regions and cities of where you have been or want to visit. GET INSPIRED -Visualize your future travels by swiping through beautiful photos and adding them to your wishlist. TRAVEL ITINERARY - Wondering where to travel next? We got you covered. Select different destinations and places based on travel lists, experiences and inspirational photos. We'll show you which countries have the highest numbers of places you wish to visit. So you can go down the list and optimize your travel plans. - Picking your next travel destination just got a lot easier with the Visited App! TRAVEL BUCKET LIST -Keep up with your travel life goals by selecting all the countries of the world that you want to visit. -Add travel journal notes by country of your travel dates, points of interest or personal memories. KEEP TRACK OF YOUR TRAVEL JOURNEY -Share your personalized stats with others! You can share your travel ranking, percentage of the world seen and countries you’ve visited. -See your top 5 most frequently visited countries. -Create regional maps for over 20 countries, including United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, UK, Russia, France and others. TRAVEL EXPERIENCES -Want to see how many of the worlds’ capital cities you have been to? Or how about how many art museums you’ve visited? Using the list feature, check off places you have been to or want to visit by category. Lists include: African Safaris, Capitals of the World, Wonders of the World, Pyramids, Culinary Experiences, Ancient Sites, Churches, Greek & Roman Ruins, Cruise Ports, Beer Destinations, Palaces, US national parks, Ski Slops, World's Top Beaches, Shopping Destinations, LGBTQ+ Destinations, Popular Hiking Trails, Lakes, Bridges, Snorkelling/Diving Locations, Chocolate Destinations, Castles, Wine Regions, Kids Attractions, Temples, Mountain Ranges, Rock Climbing Locations, Monasteries, Opera Houses, Funicular Railways, Waterfalls, Volcanos, Mosques, US National Monuments, Hot Springs, Tunnels, US Memorial, Dance Shows, Deserts, Famous Prisons, Canal Cruises, Formula One Circuits, Top Surf Spots, Underground Cities, Whale Watching Spots, Synagogues, Caves, US National Historic Site, Tennis Destinations, Film Festivals, US National Battlefields and Scotch Distillery Regions. -Track your experiences by country such as where you’ve gone golfing, snorkelling/diving, skiing, wine tours and others. FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE -Select different colors or design your own based on your travel type -Pick fully accessible, high contrast colors for your map. -Dark mode is supported to make the app easier to use while taking a red eye flight -Adjust the sovereignty for disputed territories SEE HOW YOU COMPARE TO OTHER TRAVELERS: - Compare your travel stats with other global travellers or friends - See the top 10 most popular countries to visit from your home city - Share your travel map, stats and bucket list with your family and friends Have you ever had a problem where you can’t actually remember all the countries you’ve been to? That’s why we created Visited – a simple and fun travel tracker. With Visited, you will be able to not only keep a log of all the countries, regions, and cities you’ve been to, but you’ll also be able to see your accomplishments beautifully rendered on a world map that you can share proudly. A digital scratch map if you will! You can also use Visited to plan your upcoming adventures by being inspired by breathtaking travel photos and building up your bucket list.

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10.1K Ratings

I WANTED to like it!

I wanted to like it, but too frequently, I click on the App and Its prompting me to re-enter everything: where I've travelled, where I live and desired destinations ... ALL OVER AGAIN!!! Soooooo frustrating! And quite frankly, it doesn't DO ALL that much!!! You choose the countries, the states, if you live in the US, some color selections and that's it!!!! That's all you have to input!!! So, Why can't it retain that little information???? And in return it displays where you've been displayed on a world map, the percentage of the world you've seen and where you rank amongst other users. So you know want to know where this APP Ranks??? A (2)!!! Visiting new destinations is supposed to be exciting! How is that reflected in this App? What is the point if you're more frustrated using this app than going through TSA!

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We are sorry for the frustration! We have launched a new version of the app that not only fixes the issues mentioned but also comes with new features such as cities, regions, and travel inspirations (to name a few!). Please let us know if you have any other feedback by emailing us at [email protected]!

Good idea but…

This is a good app and I even paid to remove ads and to unlock all the features. HOWEVER, it needs to give more control to the user. They collect so much of your personal information. It’s like either use it and let us collect these information, or leave it. Also, I was forced to sign up to their newsletter. It said I can withdraw from their newsletter at anytime but there is no option for that in the map. I paid for the premium features but you know what? Don’t. None of the premium features were worth it. Let me start off by cities. You can type and choose the cities that you’ve been to and cities that you want to visit. But that is it. You can’t even see a list of those cities that you want to visit, let alone a map of it. Looks like they made it easy for them to collect our information. Inspiration doesn’t have anything. It said it would show travel photos. The only photo it shows is the thumbnail when you select from want/been. If you do download this app, please do go to privacy section and read the “What personal information do we collect?” Section. So far, what a waste of money it has been. If it gets improved, I will update my review.

Thank you for your feedback. We are apologizing for any issues you may have had with the app. Please email us at [email protected] so we can see how we can improve your experience with the app.

Essential travel app

Every traveler should have this app to track countries visited. I’ve been using it for a few years now and seen it progress in features and usability. I love the latest enhancements, particularly new countries with states. But there are additional enhancements that I’d like the developers to consider. Here are my top 3: 1. Small countries are really hard to see on the map right now. Can you make it easier? For example, Liechtenstein gets lost between all of the states. And Pitcairn is nearly impossible, at least for me, to find without using the search feature. 2. Dates of visit would be nice 3. Ability to export the list to a spreadsheet. Bugs? There are a couple but nothing really significant, e.g. South Georgia and South Sandwich are not in Europe. There may have been a conversion bug as my list of countries went from 60 to 58. I reviewed and updated it and it’s now back to 60. Overall, a great app, worthy of of 5 stars!

Thank you so much for helping us improve our app. We have added your suggestions to our "enhance" list. We wish there were more feedbacks like yours. Your help is truly appreciated. Happy travels!

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For the world explorer, business traveler or backpack enthusiast, The Times pushpin classic world map allows you to chart your past and future adventures. The exclusive map, in a 24” x 36” solid black wood frame, displays your name and comes with 100 pushpins.

“What is it about maps that we find so fascinating?” The Times has written. “Ever since the Babylonians scratched two parallel lines and a circle — representing the Euphrates River and their walled capital — on a clay tablet almost 3,000 years ago, we humans have been producing flat spatial imagery to locate our place in the world. Maps anchor us, give coherence to our environment, help make visual sense of otherwise intangible realities.”

Our full color world map is like your own Times Travel Section. It serves as a portal to your past, a record of memories or a to-do-list of adventures yet to be had, for you to display proudly on your wall.

Simply mark the destinations of your life with a pin, and watch as the world is dotted by your memories: cross-country road trips, backpacking through Europe or the thrill of that African safari. The map, created with New York Times fonts, is a way to keep track of your global adventures, mark the locations of friends and family, or pin the destinations you hope to someday reach—and it enhances your home as a handsome wall display at the same time.

This foam-core map is professionally finished in a black wooden frame that comes ready to hang.

The map’s lower left-hand corner comes personalized. Specify up to 30 characters of your choice, including your first or last name and a title. Popular personalization styles include: The Robinson Family Adventures, Mary and Bob’s Travels, The Smith Family’s Journeys or Michael Jones World Traveler.

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Made in the U.S.A. Dimensions: 36" x 24" Material: Foam-core world map in black ayous wood frame. Comes with wire, ready to hang with one nail and mini bubble level.

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How to mark locations on the map in Dragon's Dogma 2

T he world of Dragon's Dogma 2 is vast, and you'll often want to mark locations on the map. This could be for any number of reasons - you may have quest objectives to return to, or items that you want to come back and pick up in a little while. After all, fruits in the wild do respawn, so you may want to pick up more if the ones on hand become rotten. No matter what the reason, it's an important feature to be aware of.

Marking locations on the map in Dragon's Dogma 2 will be a great way to help remember what you were doing, or plan to do in the future. Simply returning to a spot on the map may jog your memory, so placing a marker isn't a bad idea. Let's dive into this, and figure it out.

Using the mark locations feature in Dragon's Dogma 2

One of the most useful functions for players of all skill levels in Dragon's Dogma 2 is marking locations on your map. Whether in a village, or in the rolling plains and hills you'll traverse, it's always good to have an idea of where you're going. Sure, the game gives you an indicator of were your current main story objective is, but that's not always enough.

A friend may point out a hidden item or treasure chest that you aren't aware of - instead of trying to navigate there blindly, set a marker out, and travel to that. Doing this is incredibly simple. Just open up your map, and press R3 on your controller wherever you want the marker to go in Dragon's Dogma 2.

You can set up to five of these in the world at a time, and unlike other games - such as Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - walking onto these spots does not remove them from your map/mini-map. If you want to remove the I-V roman numerals that denote your map locations, press R3 again.

Should you want to replace one of the current numbers in a new spot, simply select it, and select "Replace." You can also select "Erase" to permanently remove them as well. It's also worth noting that if you place a marker in a town, and try to set that number somewhere else in the world, it'll ask if you want to replace it. You cannot have two sets of the same numbered location pinned on the map.

Check out our Dragon's Dogma 2 review for more information on the game. The title is now available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PCs.

Dragon's Dogma 2 Interactive Map Is Live: Locations for Golden Trove Beetles, Campsites, Seeker's Tokens and More

Plus, keep track of everything you've found with checklists..

The world of Dragon's Dogma 2 is sprawling and dense, with hundreds of materials, chests, secrets, and much, much more to find as you explore. The map isn't uncovered until you manually trek through wherever it is you want to go, too. Luckily, we have an interactive map for Dragon's Dogma 2 to show you locations for spots to rest, Seeker's Tokens, Ferrystones, Portcrystals, and more.

• The starting area is filled out robustly, but the Dragon's Dogma 2 interactive map is still a work in progress, so check back often for more updates!

The map in Dragon's Dogma 2 is quite large, and our interactive map also includes maps for caves and interiors as well. Click on the arrow and door icon to see what map that cluster is for. We've also cataloged many locations of collectibles, quests, and important items in our Dragon's Dogma 2 wiki guide:

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• Seeker's Tokens
• Portcrystals
• Ferrystones
• Wakestones and Wakestone Shards
• Side Quests

Plus, keep track of everything you've collected and completed so far with our useful checklists that sync to your IGN account, so you'll never find yourself backtracking unnecessarily to check if you actually opened that one chest or not. If you want a guide to help you through the story, check out our Dragon's Dogma 2 walkthrough .

As we said, this interactive map is a work in progress, so check back for even more soon!

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Where is the Francis Scott Key Bridge? What to know about collapsed Baltimore bridge

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge , a major transportation link in the Baltimore area, sparked a massive search and rescue effort early Tuesday morning.

The bridge has been a critical transportation passageway along the East Coast for decades. Video captured the collapse , after Singapore-flagged container ship, the Dali, collided with one of the bridge's pillars.

The ship had caught fire, and several vehicles fell into the river below.

Here's what to know about the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

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Where is the Francis Scott Key Bridge located?

The bridge crosses over the Patapsco River on I-695 and is the final link on the Baltimore Beltway, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority .

It is the outermost of the three tollways that cross Baltimore's Harbor.

How long is the Francis Scott Key Bridge?

The 4-lane bridge structure alone is 1.6 miles long. The facility also includes the Curtis Creek Drawbridge. Including approach roadways, the entire stretch is around 10.9 miles long, MDTA said.

Why did a ship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge?

The ship, a container vessel chartered by Maersk, apparently lost power a few minutes before striking the bridge, a senior U.S. official told USA TODAY .

No Maersk crew or personnel were onboard the vessel when it struck the bridge, according to a statement from the company. It was operated by a charter company, Synergy Group, and owned by Grace Ocean Pte., based in Singapore, and ultimately bound for Sri Lanka.

Accidents like this, called Marine casualties, are not uncommon, the official told USA TODAY, with an allision (an immobile object being struck by a ship) occurring about every 10 years or so. Investigators will likely look into the cause of the power outage and whether there was a mechanical failure on the ship.

How old is the Key Bridge in Baltimore?

The Francis Scott Key Bridge opened in March 1977, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority .

What type of bridge is the Francis Scott Key?

The steel-arched bridge was the second-longest continuous-truss bridge span in the world when it was built and remains the second longest in the United States and third in the world,  according to the American Civil Engineering Society .

When was the Francis Scott Key Bridge built?

Construction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge began in 1972.

Francis Scott Key Bridge has a deep history

According to the MDTA, the bridge crosses over the Patapsco River, near where Francis Scott Key, the bridge's namesake, was inspired to write the lyrics of the Star Spangled Banner.

Key is believed to have witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry on the night of Sept. 12, 1814, within 100 yards of the modern-day bridge. That battle is what inspired him to the national anthem.

How vital is the Francis Scott Key Bridge?

The bridge is critical to East Coast shipping. The port’s private and public terminals handled 847,158 autos and light trucks in 2023, the most of any U.S. port. The port also handles farm and construction machinery, sugar, gypsum and coal, according to a Maryland government website.

Maps of the April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse

By Jonathan Corum

On April 8, the moon will slip between the Earth and the sun, casting a shadow across a swath of North America: a total solar eclipse.

By cosmic coincidence, the moon and the sun appear roughly the same size in the sky. When the moon blocks the glare of the sun, the sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona, will be briefly visible.

Below are several maps of the eclipse’s path as well as images of what you might experience during the event.

Where Can I See the Total Eclipse?

The eclipse will begin at sunrise over the Pacific Ocean, then cut through Mexico and cross the United States from Texas to Maine. Most of North America will see a partial eclipse, but viewers within the deepest shadow — a band sliding from Mazatlán, Mexico, to the Newfoundland coast near Gander, Canada — will experience a total solar eclipse.

Percentage of

the sun obscured

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Indianapolis

Little Rock

San Antonio

Viewers inside the path of the total eclipse may notice a drop in temperature , a lull or shift in the wind , the appearance of bright planets in the sky, and the quieting of birds and other wildlife.

Many cities lie inside the path of the total eclipse, as shown below, the width of which varies from 108 miles to 122 miles.

20% partial eclipse

NEWFOUNDLAND

SASKATCHEWAN

Fredericton

Minneapolis

San Francisco

90% partial eclipse

Los Angeles

Mexico City

EL SALVADOR

Explore our interactive cloud outlook for eclipse viewing times and average cloud data at your location.

What Will I See?

A composite image of the 2017 solar eclipse over Madras, Ore.

Aubrey Gemignani/NASA

If the sky is clear, viewers in the path of the total eclipse should see a “diamond ring” effect a few seconds before and after the total eclipse, as the edge of the sun slips in and out of view.

The “diamond ring” effect during the 2017 solar eclipse.

Rami Daud/NASA, Alcyon Technical Services

The sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona, is normally hidden by the sun’s glare. These tendrils and sheets of gas, heated to a million degrees Fahrenheit or more, are in constant motion and shaped by the sun’s swirling magnetic field.

The sun’s corona during the 2017 solar eclipse.

The sun is relatively active this year and is nearing the expected peak of its 11-year solar cycle . Researchers at Predictive Science are using data about the sun’s magnetic field to predict and model a dramatic corona for the April eclipse.

A prediction of how the sun’s corona might appear during the April 8 total eclipse.

Predictive Science

What Colors Should I Wear?

As the sky darkens, light-sensitive cells in human eyes become more sensitive to blue and green hues than to reds and oranges. This shift in color perception is known as the Purkinje effect , after a 19th-century Czech scientist, and is typically seen at twilight.

Watching the 2017 total eclipse at Southern Illinois University.

Andrea Morales for The New York Times

To take advantage of the Purkinje effect, wear green clothes or a contrasting combination of greens and reds. Blue-green colors (shorter wavelengths) will appear brighter, while red colors (longer wavelengths) will appear to recede into the darkness.

What If I Miss It?

The next two total solar eclipses in the United States won’t occur until 2044 and 2045 . But eclipse chasers might catch one in 2026 in Greenland, Iceland and Spain; 2027 along the coast of Northern Africa; 2028 in Australia and New Zealand; or 2030 across Southern Africa and Australia.

A Total Solar Eclipse Is Coming. Here’s What You Need to Know.

These are answers to common questions about the April 8 eclipse, and we’re offering you a place to pose more of them.

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April 8 could be your best opportunity to see a total solar eclipse for decades. But if clouds fill the sky, your shot at seeing the spectacle could be lost.

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Romania and Bulgaria partially join Europe’s Schengen travel zone, but checks at land borders remain

Romania and Bulgaria partially joined Europe’s Schengen ID-check-free travel zone, marking a new step in the two countries’ integration with the European Union

SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Romania and Bulgaria partially joined Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone on Sunday, marking a new step in the two countries’ integration with the European Union.

After years of negotiations to join the Schengen area, there is now free access for travelers arriving by air or sea from both countries. However, land border checks will remain in place due to opposition primarily from Austria which has long blocked their bid over illegal migration concerns.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed the change as a “huge success for both countries” and a “historic moment” for what is the world’s largest free travel zone.

The Schengen Area was established in 1985. Before Bulgaria and Romania’s admission, it was comprised of 23 of the 27 EU member countries, along with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Around 3.5 million people cross an internal border each day.

Austria vetoed Romania and Bulgaria’s admission into the Schengen zone at the end of 2022 but allowed Croatia full accession. Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU in 2007 and Croatia in 2013.

Siegfried Muresan, a Romanian Member of the European Parliament, told The Associated Press that it is “an important first step” that will benefit millions of travelers annually.

“Bulgaria and Romania have been fulfilling all criteria for joining the Schengen area for years — we are entitled to join with the terrestrial border as well,” he said, adding that it “will offer additional arguments to the last EU member state that has been vetoing the full accession.”

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu called it a “well-deserved achievement” for Romania that he said will benefit citizens who can travel more easily and will bolster the economy.

“We have a clear and firmly assumed government plan for full accession to the Schengen Area by the end of the year,” he said.

The EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, has said for more than a decade that Romania and Bulgaria both meet the technical criteria for full accession, which requires unanimous support from their partners. Both countries have agreed to implement random security screening at airports and maritime borders to combat illegal migration and cross-border crime.

“Bulgaria’s full accession to Schengen will happen by the end of 2024,” Kalin Stoyanov, Bulgaria's interior minister, told reporters on Sunday. “We showed and continue to show to illegal migrants that they should not take the road to Europe through Bulgaria."

The lifting of border control is expected to facilitate operations at Bulgaria’s four international airports, which in 2023 saw nearly 11 million passengers, according to official data.

The airport in the capital, Sofia, serves as the biggest hub for Schengen flights which constitute 70% of all flights, airport representatives said.

While the eased regulations are expected to positively impact the tourism sector, members of the European Parliament have voiced concerns about long queues at the EU’s land borders and the impact it can have on trade in the bloc’s single market, as well as the health and safety of drivers.

Truck drivers are frequently stuck in kilometers-long queues at the borders of both Romania and Bulgaria. The Union of International Carriers in Bulgaria estimates delays cost the sector tens of millions of euros each year.

McGrath reported from Sighisoara, Romania.

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