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'Grandaddy Of Eclipses' Happens Monday

WKAR Public Media
Published August 18, 2017 at 7:03 PM EDT
John French wearing eclipse glasses.
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John French sports his eclipse glasses.
Katie Cook / WKAR-MSU
moon in front of the sun
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Courtesy of NASA/SDO / PBS

A total solar eclipse will cross the United States on August 21, 2017, and people have been making travel plans for months to get the best glimpse of it.

 

WKAR’s Morning Edition host Brooke Allen spoke with John French from Abrams Planetarium to find out more.

 

 

To see a map of the best places from which to view the eclipse, go here.
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