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𝕋𝕠𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕣 𝔼𝕔𝕝𝕚𝕡𝕤𝕖 𝟚𝟘𝟙𝟟

> On Aug. 21, 2017, American skywatchers will be treated to a rare and spectacular celestial show — the first total solar eclipse visible from the continental United States in nearly four decades. Next year's "Great American Total Solar Eclipse" will darken skies all the way from Oregon to South Carolina, along a stretch of land about 70 miles (113 kilometers) wide. People who descend upon this "path of totality" for the big event are in for an unforgettable experience, said eclipse expert Jay Pasachoff, an astronomer at Williams College in Massachusetts.

> A total solar eclipse last darkened soil on the U.S. mainland on Feb. 26, 1979. But August 2017 will mark the first time in 99 years that such an event is "readily available to people from coast to coast," Pasachoff said.

"𝔸 𝕣𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥"

> The fact that total solar eclipses occur at all is a quirk of cosmic geometry. The moon orbits an average of 239,000 miles (384,600 kilometers) from Earth — just the right distance to seem the same size in the sky as the much-larger sun. But most solar eclipses are of the partial variety, in which the moon appears to take a bite out of the sun's disk. Indeed, two to five solar eclipses occur every year on average; total eclipses happen just once every 18 months or so. (Eclipses are relatively rare because the moon's orbit is inclined about 5 degrees relative to that of Earth. If the two bodies orbited in exactly the same plane, a solar eclipse would occur every month, during the moon's "new" phase.)

> Furthermore, the narrow path of totality is often inaccessible to skywatchers — most of Earth is covered by water, after all — so a total solar eclipse that occurs over populated areas is quite special. Indeed, the August 2017 event will be the first one whose totality path lies completely within the United States since 1776, experts have said.

Hold up, what was that last part?..

"𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕕, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕦𝕘𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝟚𝟘𝟙𝟟 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕡𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝟙𝟟𝟟𝟞, 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕."

𝟙𝟟𝟟𝟞: 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔹𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝔼𝕞𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕖, 𝕔𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕠𝕞 𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕖

𝟚𝟘𝟙𝟟: 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡'𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕞 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝟜𝟝𝕥𝕙 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤

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