The Earth Minute presents: the American Total Solar Eclipse Only a few Months Away!
On August 21st, 2017 a coast to coast Total Solar Eclipse will cross the United States from Oregon to South Carolina.
Totality will touch Western Oregon around 10:10 am PDT and hit the Atlantic in South Carolina at about 2:50 pm EDT.The maximum duration along the path will be 2 minutes and 40 seconds.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE!
Where will you be for this rare astronomical event?Below is a video of the progression of the Mongolian Total Solar Eclipse taken by Michael Lawshe in 2008.
The path of totality is narrow, in 2017 it will be only 60 miles wide.
Keep an eye on this site: TheEarthMinute.com for more information and posts about this great upcoming adventure that YOU can be a part of!!
Visit the FANTASTIC NASA Site
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/
Here is a link to a pdf map of the path.Thanks to the amazing work of Xavier Jubier for the interactive google map of the total solar eclipse.
NASA: Eclipses and Eclipse Wise by Fred Espenak.
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2017_GoogleMapFull.html
OPEN THIS LINK!
THEN, Click on the map in this link and find out how much of the eclipse YOU will see.
