Rare Eclipse Crossing the U.S. in August, Two minutes of Darkness Engulfing 14 States

Millions Expected to See Rare Eclipse Crossing the U.S. in August

Mark your calendars for August 21, 2017 and start making your plans to be in the right place in the United States that day for an extraordinary celestial event – a total solar eclipse tracing a path across fourteen states.

On that day, millions of people across the United States will witness a true natural wonder – a total eclipse of the sun. The moon will completely block the sun, turning daytime into a dark twilight in the middle of the afternoon.

Rare? Absolutely! It will be the first total solar eclipse to make a transcontinental path across the United States since 1918 – 99 years ago, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The last total solar eclipse was only visible from five northwestern states in February 1979.

https://www.thebrandusa.com/millions-expected-see-rare-eclipse-crossing-us-august

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Clips, images credit: ESO, ESA/HUBBLE & NASA

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