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# Chris Wilson

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![Chris Wilson](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt066f65b2796a2b6d/698688f61eebf77b4c370360/voss-timeheadshots23final.jpg?branch=production&width=96&quality=75&auto=webp)

## Chris Wilson


Chris Wilson is the director of data journalism at TIME.com. He is the author of [_RaphaelJS: Graphics and Visualization on the Web_](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920029601.do)_._


![Chris Wilson](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt066f65b2796a2b6d/698688f61eebf77b4c370360/voss-timeheadshots23final.jpg?branch=production&width=96&quality=75&auto=webp)

## Chris Wilson


Articles 340Collections 6

* ![Spectators wear solar viewing glasses during a solar eclipse in Driftwood, Texas, on Oct. 14, 2023.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ada4205a33bbb22/698a5565cabb1ddc42e53fd0/eclipse-cities-dallas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 6, 2024  
### [Dallas Solar Eclipse Peak Time](https://time.com/6963397/what-time-solar-eclipse-dallas-texas/)  
A total solar eclipse is crossing the U.S. on April 8, 2024\. Here's when it will be in peak view ove...  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)
* ![People watch the total solar eclipse in Charleston, South Carolina, on August 21, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60b1010555e9ae2e/698a5565d07533c7bce70a44/eclipse-cities-little-rock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 6, 2024  
### [Little Rock Solar Eclipse Peak Time](https://time.com/6962770/when-to-watch-the-solar-eclipse-in-little-rock-ark-on-aug-8/)  
A total solar eclipse is crossing the U.S. on April 8, 2024\. Here's when it will be in peak view ove...  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)
* ![Clouds break in time to the cheers of fans who got to briefly see the total eclipse inside Saluki Stadium on the campus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale on Aug. 21, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17c0405444a8e76b/698a55659d83e8ef59b99efe/eclipse-cities-cleveland.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 6, 2024  
### [Cleveland Solar Eclipse Peak Time](https://time.com/6962982/what-time-is-solar-eclipse-cleveland-ohio/)  
A total solar eclipse is crossing the US on April 8\. Here's when it will be in peak view over Clevel...  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)
* ![People watch the partial solar eclipse at in Freeport, Maine.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e26424decba1536/698a5564457a52646dd6a28f/eclipse-cities-burlington.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 6, 2024  
### [Burlington, VT Solar Eclipse Peak Time](https://time.com/6962979/what-time-is-the-solar-eclipse-burlington-vermont/)  
A total solar eclipse is crossing the U.S. on April 8, 2024\. Here's when it will be in peak view ove...  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)
* ![People watch a partial solar eclipse from the roof deck at the 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, on August 21, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt713e82e266ee80f2/698a556616d8842887c3e82d/eclipse-cities-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 6, 2024  
### [New York City Solar Eclipse Peak Time](https://time.com/6963167/what-time-is-solar-eclipse-new-york-city/)  
A total solar eclipse is crossing the U.S. on April 8, 2024\. Here's when it will be in peak view ove...  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
* ![People use special eclipse glasses to watch the solar eclipse, on Aug. 21, 2017 in Schenectady, N.Y.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt123dacb707a4b264/698a5564d075333c35e70a3f/eclipse-cities-buffalo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 6, 2024  
### [Buffalo, NY Solar Eclipse Peak Time](https://time.com/6963172/what-time-is-solar-eclipse-buffalo-new-york/)  
A total solar eclipse is crossing the U.S. on April 8, 2024\. Here's when it will be in peak view ove...  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)
* ![People react as the solar eclipse becomes visible through the clouds in Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago on Aug. 21, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7f89b2151816c17/698a5564929fad0c8abfc5ca/eclipse-cities-chicago.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 6, 2024  
### [Chicago Solar Eclipse Peak Time](https://time.com/6963174/what-time-solar-eclipse-chicago/)  
A total solar eclipse is crossing the U.S. on April 8, 2024\. Here's when it will be in peak view ove...  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)
* ![People attend a solar eclipse viewing event at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, on Aug. 21, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4975db24a73e39ee/698a5566db298771eb26b86b/eclipse-cities-los-angeles.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 6, 2024  
### [Los Angeles Solar Eclipse Peak Time](https://time.com/6963369/what-time-is-solar-eclipse-los-angeles/)  
A total solar eclipse is crossing the U.S. on April 8, 2024\. Here's when it will be in peak view ove...  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)
* ![Students view the solar eclipse in St. Louis, on August 21, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb80762abf16836cc/698a5566cabb1d5f77e53fd5/eclipse-cities-st-louis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 6, 2024  
### [St. Louis Solar Eclipse Peak Time](https://time.com/6963373/what-time-solar-eclipse-st-louis-missouri/)  
A total solar eclipse is crossing the US on April 8, 2024\. Here's when it will be in peak view over ...  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)
* ![The sun’s corona is visible as the moon obscures the sun during the solar eclipse in Madras, Oregon, on Aug. 21, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt989311ccbd70f02b/698a556709208f59d441d00b/eclipse-cities.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 6, 2024  
### [Solar Eclipse Map: Look Up Your Location](https://time.com/6963248/total-solar-eclipse-map-places-view-2024/)  
Enter any location in the U.S. on our interactive map and we’ll show you exactly what the April 8 so...  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8e899b62433ea4e/698a3d9786f68e19716f27ef/QUIZ-main-image.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 6, 2023  
### [Try 10 AI-Generated News Quizzes From TIME](https://time.com/6284776/time-chatgpt-news-quiz/)  
See if you can outsmart the model, and learn how TIME used ChatGPT technology and the magazine's arc...  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)
* ![For some, talking less may be the key to getting more out of life. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4848bbbacd1773f/698a398c86f68e87ee6f212d/OvertalkerQuiz.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 19, 2023  
### [Do You Talk Too Much? Take the Quiz to Find Out](https://time.com/6248095/talk-too-much-quiz/)  
You could be a 'talkaholic'
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jun 15, 2022  
### [Counting the Lives Lost to School Shootings](https://time.com/6187504/school-shooting-fatalities/)  
Precisely how many lives have been lost to school shootings is a figure for which there is little co...  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![Truckers on Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada on February 17, 2022. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb1b38e71eddad2f6/698a22a6656a3f55c6bdc3b8/givesendgo-donation-right-wing-canada-trucks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 4, 2022  
### [Crowdfunding Site for Right-Wing Causes Generates Windfall](https://time.com/6150317/givesendgo-trucker-convoy-canada-profits/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Trump rally 2021](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88ed435a62c1dc8b/698a213d457a522fc2d65f90/220117_WJAN6_005.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 5, 2022  
### [How Donald Trump Turned Jan. 6 into a Windfall](https://time.com/6133251/donald-trump-january-6-anniversary/)  
How Trump weaponized the events of Jan. 6 to raise money and tighten his grip on the GOP  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)

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