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Most readers of this magazine associate "2017" with the
next total eclipse of the Sun
visible from the United States.
The anticipation for this event
is rapidly increasing and well
warranted - after all, it's been
four decades since the Moon's
umbral shadow passed through the "Lower 48." But even
that one, in February 1979, crossed only a handful of
states in the Pacific Northwest.
Not so with the total solar eclipse that's coming on
August 21, 2017. The 68-mile-wide, 2,500-mile-long
path crosses the breadth of the U.S. from coast to coast
and touches a dozen states: Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming,
Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Weather-wise, August should a good month for
eclipse viewing across the U.S. The Moon's shadow
arrives at a time of year when the peak of the thunderstorm season has passed and sunshine is generous,
particularly west of the Missouri River. Although western states offer the most promising weather prospects,
with a little care you'll find good eclipse-viewing sites all
across the continent.
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This article provides the basics for assessing where
you might want to go to witness this grand celestial spectacle. Sky & Telescope chose to publish it now, more than
1½ years before the event, because accommodations at
choice locations are filling up quickly. Excluding Alaska
and Hawaii, more than 300 million U.S. citizens are
within a 1- or 2-day drive of the central path, and international interest in this event is already keen. To make your
assessment easier, we'll divide the eclipse path into five
geographic regions.
Oregon and Idaho
After first touching down in the Pacific Ocean, the
Moon's umbral shadow takes 28 minutes to travel 2,400
GRAND SPECTACLE Those living in the continental
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how totality looked from Jinta, China, on August 1, 2008.
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