I was looking at the map, and the path doesn't go over Oklahoma. What's the difference in what i see (From Oklahoma) compared to those in the path?
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You will see a partial eclipse from Oklahoma. Without special equipment you may not even notice any difference.
The safest and easiest way to view a partial eclipse is by pinhole projection. Use a toothpick to poke a small hole in a piece of paper. Then hold another piece of paper behind the one with the hole so it is in the shade of the one with the hole and you can see a little dot of light where the Sun shines through the hole. Now move the sheets of paper farther apart. As they get farther apart the little dot of light will get bigger but dimmer. When the papers are arm's length apart, say 3 to 5 feet, the little dot should be a quarter inch or so big but still bright enough to see easily. That is actually an image of the Sun. With no eclipse it is just round and might fool you into thinking it is just a blob of light. But with a partial eclipse you will see the bite taken out of the Sun by the Moon.
The safest and easiest way to view a partial eclipse is by pinhole projection. Use a toothpick to poke a small hole in a piece of paper. Then hold another piece of paper behind the one with the hole so it is in the shade of the one with the hole and you can see a little dot of light where the Sun shines through the hole. Now move the sheets of paper farther apart. As they get farther apart the little dot of light will get bigger but dimmer. When the papers are arm's length apart, say 3 to 5 feet, the little dot should be a quarter inch or so big but still bright enough to see easily. That is actually an image of the Sun. With no eclipse it is just round and might fool you into thinking it is just a blob of light. But with a partial eclipse you will see the bite taken out of the Sun by the Moon.
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Only regions in which the path goes over get a full eclipse of the sun. If your region is not on the path, the eclipse will be partial. The eclipse will be seen over North America, so if you live on those who live on this continent, will see the eclipse, be it partial of full.
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Those who live inside the path will witness "annularity", which means the moon's disk will (for a few minutes) be contained entirely within the sun's disk. However, the moon's disk is currently smaller than the sun's, so they'll still see the sun surrounding the moon's disk–the so-called "ring of fire".
For people outside of the path, the two disks will be off center, so the moon won't be completely within the sun's disk at any time.
For people outside of the path, the two disks will be off center, so the moon won't be completely within the sun's disk at any time.
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This isn't a total eclipse anywhere. It is an annular eclipse in some parts of the southwest, which means that the Moon will be smaller than the Sun, so that a ring of the Sun will show around it. Elsewhere, you will just see a chunk out of the Sun. Nowhere will there be the prominences and corona that make total eclipses so special.
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Simple, those who live in the direct path of the eclipse will see the full eclipse. You will see a partial eclipse if the sun doesn't set before it starts like where I live.