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Credit & Copyright: Ben Cooper
Explanation:
Will the sky be clear enough to see the eclipse?
This question is already on the minds of many North Americans hoping to see
tomorrow's solar eclipse.
This question was also on the mind of many people attempting to see the total solar
eclipse that crossed North America in
August 2017.
Then, the path of total darkness shot across the mainland of the
USA from
coast to coast, from
Oregon to
South Carolina -- but,
like tomorrow's event, a partial eclipse occurred above most of
North America.
Unfortunately, in 2017, many locations saw
predominantly clouds.
One location that did not was a bank of the
Green River Lakes,
Wyoming.
Intermittent clouds were far enough away to allow the center image of the
featured composite sequence to be taken,
an image that shows the
corona of the Sun extending out past the central dark
Moon that blocks
our familiar Sun.
The surrounding images show the
partial phases of the solar eclipse both before and after
totality.
NASA Coverage:
Tomorrow's Total Solar Eclipse
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NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: total solar eclipse
Publications with words: total solar eclipse
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