‘Great American Eclipse’ to dazzle US in two years

This will be for the first time when US residents will get to see a total solar eclipse since 1979.

There will be three solar eclipses between now and then, but they will be visible in the southern Pacific Ocean, southern Africa, and the southern Atlantic Ocean, respectively. About 200 million individuals will have the ability to attain the trail of the eclipse, which can sweep the nation from South Carolina to Oregon, inside a one-day drive.

According to Mayor Carter Hendricks, it will be a days-long festival, culminating with the stunning view of the total solar eclipse on August 21st. Before that, to find an eclipse many people in America might have seen, you have to go all the way back to March 7, 1970, Astronomy.com notes.

Birds and animals are strangely silent, some dogs may start to howl, while the sun no longer shines. That’s the peak of the eclipse. The shadow created by the moon as it passes between the Earth and the Sun is called the umbra. Astronomers predict that a total of 68 solar eclipses would take place during the present century, occurring about every 17.6 months.

Coined as the the Great American Eclipse, the Earth’s satellite is slated to entirely cover the Sun on August 21, 2017. Yet, the umbra is not that wide, so only people located on relatively narrow region can witness the eclipse in its full glory.

It’s set to be a gorgeous display and, even though it’s two years away, it should not be missed, though it is expected that hundreds of publications, news, banners, posters and every other form of announcements will be calling attention to it weeks before it happens.

The 2017 eclipse will be the first of its kind to pass over the continental United States in 38 years. You won’t be able to see it from Alaska and Hawaii, which had their share of total eclipses in 1990, and 1991 respectively. That’s why they named it The Great American Eclipse.