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Total Solar Eclipse - Aug 21, 2017, Running across the Entire U.S.


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From eclipse2017.nasa.gov:

Where Can You See It?

You can see a partial eclipse, where the moon covers only a part of the sun, anywhere in North America (see “Who can see it?”). To see a total eclipse, where the moon fully covers the sun for a short few minutes, you must be in the path of totality. The path of totality is a relatively thin ribbon, around 70 miles wide, that will cross the U.S. from West to East.  The first point of contact will be at Lincoln Beach, Oregon at 9:05 a.m. PDT. Totality begins there at 10:16 a.m. PDT.  Over the next hour and a half, it will cross through Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and North and South Carolina.  The total eclipse will end near Charleston, South Carolina at 2:48 p.m. EDT.  From there the lunar shadow leaves the United States at 4:09 EDT.  Its longest duration will be near Carbondale, Illinois, where the sun will be completely covered for two minutes and 40 seconds.
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On 7/3/2017 at 7:58 AM, tfbrennan said:

Lucky folks in Carbondale IL area will also get a total eclipse in April 2024. That one crosses US from SW to NE.

Yes - Makanda to be more precise (which is in Carbondale's census). BTW, I just found out that Southern Illinois University - Carbondale's mascot is the Salukis. On a related note, Southern Illinois is known - for whatever reason - as Little Egypt.

How lucky is it for Makanda residents to be at the intersection of two total solar eclipses just seven years apart?

Note to our readers: The 2024 eclipse is going to achieve totality in Erie, PA. You can rest assured that hotels will be sold out long in advance.

Bonus note to our Clemson readers: 

"Clemson Forecast To Have Best View of [the 2017] Eclipse in South Carolina"  by Jim Melvin on newsstand.clemson.edu

Note that in terms of weather, Clemson is forecast by NOAA to be one of the top-ten U.S. cities in terms of "potential viewability" - a 75% chance.

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Yes - Makanda to be more precise (which is in Carbondale's census). BTW, I just found out that Southern Illinois University - Carbondale's mascot is the Salukis. On a related note, Southern Illinois is known - for whatever reason - as Little Egypt.

My guess is it's due to Cairo IL in that area, though it could be a chicken or egg situation.

Walt Frazier is glad to hear you know about Salukis now. 

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