All Eyes on the Sky for the August 21 Total Solar Eclipse

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Just two months from now, the moon will completely block the sun’s face, treating part of the US to a total solar eclipse.
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Everyone in North America will have the chance to see an eclipse of some kind if skies are clear. Anyone within a 70-mile-wide swath of land — called the path of totality — that stretches from Oregon to South Carolina will have the chance to see a total eclipse.
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Throughout the rest of the continent, including all 50 United States — and even in parts of South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia — the moon will partially obscure the sun, creating a partial eclipse.
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