Would you like to see a total eclipse of the Sun? If so, do any friends or relatives live near the path of next summer's eclipse? If yes again, then you might want to arrange a visit for one year from today. Next year on this exact date, the path of a total solar eclipse will cut right across the center of the contiguous US.
All of North America and part of South America will experience, at the least, a partial solar eclipse. Featured here is a map of the path of totality, computed by eclipse expert Fred Espenak of NASA's GSFC. Many people who have seen a total solar eclipse tell stories about it for the rest of their lives. The last path of solar totality that included any part of the contiguous US was in 1979, and the next two will be in 2024 and 2045.
Image & info via APODhttp://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Image Credit: Fred Espenak (NASA's GSFC), MrEclipse.com, Google Maps
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