On Monday, August 21, 2017, all of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the sun. Anyone within the path of totality can see one of nature’s most awe-inspiring sights - a total solar eclipse. Everyone in North America plus parts of South America, Africa, and Europe will see at least a partial solar eclipse, while the thin path of totality will pass through portions of 14 states.
The total eclipse streaks through 14 states: Oregon, Idaho, (a tiny bit of Montana), Wyoming, Nebraska, northeast Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, (small parts of North Carolina, Georgia) and South Carolina. The shadow will have slowed to 2,700 km/h as it leaves Charleston for the Atlantic.
Being able to see the eclipse will be weather dependent and cloud cover will obviously be critical, given that the window of opportunity is only about two minutes, wherever you are.
The eclipse will take 94 minutes to cross the US, giving each place approximately two and a half minutes of darkness. The shadow will cross the Oregon Pacific coast at 17:15 GMT, (10:15 local time), travelling at 5,300 kilometres per hour. Salem, Oregon, will see totality for one minute, 52 seconds.
The place with the longest-lasting view of total eclipse is in that small part of southern Illinois crossed by the shadow. Totality will be seen for two minutes and 42 seconds just east of the Mississippi, very likely somewhere on Buffalo Gap Road.
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