![]() What's different? /HtIDtNC81h- NASA August 20, 2017 On the #Eclipse2017 path, 2 points are of great interest: greatest eclipse & greatest duration. There are plenty of small towns in the eclipse’s path that are also cashing in, and traffic is supposed to be a nightmare. Louis, Missouri Nashville, Tennessee and Charleston, South Carolina. Some big population centers are in its path, including Salem, Oregon Casper, Wyoming Kansas City, Kansas St. That path of totality - again, meaning the moon will block out the sun - is about a 70-mile-wide path that stretches from the Pacific Northwest down to South Carolina. So, it’s been a while.įebruary 26, 1979: total solar eclipse taken near Carberry, Manitoba, Canada.Īwesome! So what am I going to see in my neighborhood? just the Pacific Northwest - occurred on February 26, 1979. #Eclipse 1918 Mill owned by Thompson, WW1 waging.2017 Mill a museum w/WW1 exhibit.Make sure we're around next time! /zRJfnJ5Z6V- Red Mill Museum August 21, 2017īesides that June 1918 eclipse, the last total solar eclipse visible in parts of the U.S. The last time a total solar eclipse traveled North America from coast to coast the United States was still fighting World War I. Why are people so obsessed with this solar eclipse? ![]() #Eclipse2017 occurs tomorrow & will be visible across North America w/ the Moon covering part, or all, of the Sun: /1AYTsOJDld- NASA August 20, 2017 Carbondale, in southern Illinois, will get the longest blackout: two minutes and 38 seconds. The total eclipse will likely last for less than two minutes. Remind me what a solar eclipse is again?Ī solar eclipse happens when the moon passes directly between the sun and planet Earth, which can either partially or - as is happening in certain parts of the country - totally blocking out the sun, and its daylight. I wasn’t paying attention in middle-school science. Here are some other last-minute details you need to prepare for the astronomical event of the century. provided you’ve managed to get your hands on those NASA-approved glasses, or are crafty with a cereal box. ![]() In New York, stargazers will be treated to about 70 percent sun coverage when the eclipse peaks at about 2:44 p.m. Those in the path of totality - a 70-mile-wide southward arc from Salem, Oregon, through Charleston, South Carolina - will see the moon totally blot out the sun, an experience one eclipse chaser described as “like looking upon the eye of God.” But even those in North America outside of that path of totality will get a pretty decent show. Pacific Time, a total solar eclipse will travel the United States from coast to coast, wrapping up shortly before 3 p.m. Summer’s most anticipated (roughly) two minutes are almost here. Photo: RJ Sangosti/Denver Post via Getty Images Hank Fridell, of Custer, South Dakota, tests out his eclipse glasses and his foil hat while visiting Carhenge with a group of friends on August 20, 2017, in Alliance, Nebraska.
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