Dust off your eclipse glasses: It’s only a year until a total solar eclipse sweeps across North America.
The period of total coverage during the solar eclipse is seen near Hopkinsville, Ky. Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
It will start in the Pacific and first reach land over Mexico around 11:07 a.m. local time, NASA predicts. Then, it’ll cross over into Texas and move across parts of the Midwest and Northeast in the afternoon. Total eclipses happen about every 18 months, but a lot of times they cross over remote areas where few people see them.Solar eclipses occur when the moon passes in between the Earth and the sun, blocking the sun’s light from reaching us.
During the 2024 eclipse, totality will stretch to around four and a half minutes — almost twice as long as in 2017. But you can find eclipse events of all different flavors planned along the eclipse path: luxury cruises in Mexico, music festivals in Texas, farm camping in Arkansas, planetarium visits in upstate New York.
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