http://www.americaneclipse2017.org/

The ‘Great American Eclipse’ as it has been called is to be a truly spectacular event. This much anticipated eclipse is likely to be the most watched, most photographed and most televised astronomical event of a generation. The path of totality will begin in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean then race across no less than 14 states of the USA from West to East plunging the landscape in to darkness for a over 2 minutes. The corridor of the Moon’s shadow will reach over 70 .miles in width. Millions of Americans will live within easy reach of the total phase of this eclipse known as totality. Countless numbers of people will be making travel plans across the United States for August 2017.

A rare aspect of this eclipse is that the path of totality occurs over just one country. This is America’s eclipse, a great eclipse for a great nation. The 2017 eclipse also occurs over the planet’s two largest oceans, the Pacific and Atlantic ending a little over 300 miles SSW of Cape Verde.

I envy America, they will have a great eclipse to themselves alone while the whole world gets to watch only on TV

Lalasticlala, let us go to front page to alert the people of this GREAT ASTRONOMICAL EVENT

God be praised forever who controls everything, ABSOLUTELY!

If its gonna be rare..could you tell us why and how it is connected to the downfall of the empire

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/insider/where-were-you-during-the-great-american-eclipse-of-2017.html

The Great American Eclipse of 2017.

Will be seen from coast to coast, only in America...

DENVER – The United States of America has waited decades to see its first solar eclipse, and while it won’t be in full totality here in Denver, you don’t have to move an inch to see this magnificent event.

That’s because a David Brewer, a member of Denver’s Astronomical Society, will bring the Great American Eclipse to thousands of viewers around the world thanks to a high-resolution 4K camera that will be used to livestream the eclipse on Astronomy.com.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/money/science-and-tech/denver-to-play-major-role-in-great-american-eclipse-for-those-who-cant-travel-to-wyoming

On Monday, August 21, 2017, all of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the sun. Anyone within the path of totality can see one of nature’s most awe inspiring sights - a total solar eclipse. This path, where the moon will completely cover the sun and the sun's tenuous atmosphere - the corona - can be seen, will stretch from Salem, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. Observers outside this path will still see a partial solar eclipse where the moon covers part of the sun's disk. NASA created this website to provide a guide to this amazing event. Here you will find activities, events, broadcasts, and resources from NASA and our partners across the nation.

https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/

The great American eclipse

This eclipse will be visible ONLY in America!

https://www.space.com/36471-how-to-survive-total-solar-eclipse-2017.html

This eclipse is a very rare astronomical event.

http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/american.htm

It will happen on the 21st of August 2017.

http://www.astronomy.com/great-american-eclipse-2017

GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE 2017

On August 21, 2017, darkness will sweep across the land. Far from an ill omen, these two minutes will offer Americans an astronomical gift like no other — a total solar eclipse. The Moon's shadow will race across the continental United States from Oregon to South Carolina, earning this event its nickname as the Great American Eclipse

Lalasticlala, Mynd44, please take this thread to FP. This huge scientific event is happening and there is no hype, this is unbelievable.

The Great American Eclipse.

Scientists are even gearing up to study the sun's corona during this event. An eclipse presents a unique time to study this interesting part of the sun.

http://www.newsweek.com/great-american-eclipse-1918-media-coverage

The last time that a total solar eclipse crossed over the entire continental United States, in 1918, newspapers big and small covered the phenomenon. Reports described the crowds that gathered on streets to look up at the sky, andThe New York Times called the event “a spectacle indescribably unusual and magnificent.”

The August 21 eclipse will be the first whose path of totality will cross the country since the one on June 8, 1918. In the days leading up to the earlier eclipse, newspapers printed the expected path of totality and advised readers on how to view the phenomenon safely, much as news outlets are doing now.

The Chicago Tribune published an illustration of the path, with the headline, “Sun and Moon Stage Big Show Today.” But the paper added in a sub-heading, “Chicago Has Poor Seat.” A similar headline appeared in The Atlanta Constitution: “Sun to Be Hidden and Lights Needed in Atlanta Today.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_21,_2017

On Monday, August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will be visible within a band across the entire contiguous United States; it will only be visible in other countries as a partial eclipse

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http://fox8.com/2017/08/20/great-american-eclipse-things-to-know/

On Monday, the sun will disappear — for a short time — across America.

For a brief moment, day will turn to night. Animals big and small will go into their nighttime routines. Stars and planets will be visible, and streetlights will turn on in the middle of the day.

Here are some of the things you should know about the total solar eclipse happening August 21.

Don’t miss it! This is rare, says NASA

“The hair on the back of your neck is going to stand up, and you are going to feel different things as the eclipse reaches totality. It’s been described as peaceful, spiritual, exhilarating, shocking,” said Brian Carlstrom, deputy associate director of the National Park Service Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Directorate.

According to NASA, experiencing a total solar eclipse where you live happens about once in 375 years. So, unless modern medicine advances considerably in the next few years, you might not make it to the next one.

The last time anyone in the United States witnessed a total solar eclipse was almost 40 years ago, on February 26, 1979. It’s been even longer — 99 years — since a total solar eclipse crossed the country from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The total eclipse on June 8, 1918, passed from Washington to Florida.

You can set your clock to it, even to the precise second.

Make your plans now. If you are reading this at work and want to ask for the day off, you will soon find that all of your science geek colleagues have already asked off for this random Monday in August. If you can’t manage to convey to your boss that no one else will be doing business and you can’t get the day off, block out your calendar for an outdoor meeting or a long lunch

Even if you live in New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago or Atlanta, you will go slightly dark. In fact, all of North America will be able to see a partial eclipse.

Do you have to be in ‘totality’?

To see “totality,” in which the moon completely blocks the sun, you will need to be inside the narrow swath — about 70 miles wide — of the moon’s shadow. The path will stretch from the Oregon coast to the South Carolina coast, with 12 states in between.

Nearly 12.2 million Americans live in the path of totality, but NASA predicts that millions more will visit it that day. “About 200 million people (a little less than 2⁄3 the nation’s population) live within one day’s drive of the path of this total eclipse,” the agency said.

“This will be like Woodstock 200 times over — but across the whole country,” said Alex Young, solar scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

The Federal Highway Administration is calling this a “planned special event for which there has been no recent precedent in the United States.”

It expects heavy traffic before and after the eclipse along the path of totality. The agency suggests getting to your chosen spot hours before, if not the day before. The one thing you don’t want to do is come up short of totality.

“This is one of those rare events where being close is not good enough,” said J. Kelly Beatty, senior editor of Sky & Telescope. “A sun that’s 99% covered is vastly different than the one that’s 100% covered. Like I say to people, it’s like being on a first date versus being on your wedding night.”

Most astronomers have the same advice: Get to the path of totality, because you won’t want to miss this.

“I know it’s a Monday and for some parts of the country a school day, and it may be inconvenient or cost more than you want, but it really should be a priority,” said David Baron, author of the book “American Eclipse.” “The general impression is, if you live somewhere with a 90% partial eclipse, that’s good enough. Absolutely not. It’s only during a total solar eclipse that you can take off your eclipse glasses, look up where the sun should be with your naked eye and see a sky you’ve never seen before.”

A fast-moving shadow

During a total solar eclipse, the moon and the sun both appear to be about the same size from the ground. According to NASA, this is a “celestial coincidence,” as the sun is about 400 times wider than the moon and about 400 times farther away.

Then, it is just basic geometry. When the Earth, moon and sun line up just right, the moon blocks the sun’s entire surface, creating the total eclipse.

If you happened to be sitting on the moon facing Earth, it would look just like the moon is casting a dark circular shadow — called the umbra — on the Earth. This shadow will move across the United States from west to east, but don’t think about trying to keep up with it.

Unless you are flying a fighter jet, you won’t be able to follow the shadow, which will be traveling at almost 3,000 miles per hour when it enters the US and then slow to nearly 1,500 mph when it traverses South Carolina.

A larger and fainter shadow called the penumbra will surround the inner shadow. This is what most people will experience — the partial eclipse.

Precision timing

The lunar shadow first crosses the West Coast at 9:05 a.m. PDT.

People in Lincoln City, Oregon, will be the first in the continental United States to see the total solar eclipse, beginning at 10:15 a.m. PDT.

A total solar eclipse can sometimes take as long as 7½ minutes. The longest eclipse duration for this event will occur in Carbondale, Illinois, and will clock in at two minutes, 43 seconds, beginning at 1:20 p.m. CDT.

Eventually, all good things must come to an end, and the lunar shadow will depart the East Coast at 4:09 p.m. EDT.

This will be the last total solar eclipse in the United States until April 4, 2024.

It’s not quite as long of a wait as you might have thought, but it won’t stretch the width of the country. Instead, it will move from Mexico to Maine and then traverse New Brunswick and Newfoundland.

For another eclipse similar to this year’s, one that moves from coast to coast, you will have to wait until August 12, 2045.

https://www.rt.com/usa/400214-california-solar-eclipse-energy/

Californians are being advised to reduce electricity usage and unplug home electronics during the solar eclipse. But the state’s solar-based electricity grid is not expected to run out of energy as the phenomenon plays out.

On Monday, August 21, the moon will block the sun for two minutes and 40 seconds, causing morning skies around North America to go dark.

The California Public Utilities Commission says when the solar eclipse passes over the Pacific Northwest it will affect solar resources administering power to California’s grid.

“We have plenty of wind, geothermal, hydro, and natural gas to make sure the grid runs smoothly during the solar eclipse, but we also have a lot of Californians who want to do their California thing and step in to help replace the sun when it takes a break,” the commission said in a blog post. “When we come together to do one small thing to reduce energy usage, we can have a major impact on our environment.”

The CPUC is asking people to help ease the strain on the power grid by urging the public to conserve electricity between the hours of 9-11am.

“This will allow California to burn fewer fossil fuels and emit fewer greenhouse gas emissions when California’s solar energy production dips during the eclipse,” the commission said in a statement, the Los Angeles Times reported.

California is too far south to experience the full effects of the phenomenon, but people in the state will see the moon cover around 50-90 percent of the sun depending on their location. The solar eclipse will begin at 9am.

Steve Berberich, the president of the state’s electricity grid, says it is prepared for theeclipse.

“I am confident in the technology of our market and grid, and in the expertise and abilities of our staff to manage the operational challenges associated with the eclipse,” Berberich said, according to the Los Angeles Times.

But during the phenomenon, power production will decline. In response, grid operators estimate they will need to produce enough power from other energy sources to supply the equivalent of six million households.

READ MORE: ‘We’re still in’: California teams up with Germany to tackle climate change amid US withdrawal

“The eclipse presents some grid management challenges for California and the West,”Executive Director for System Operations at Cal-ISO Nancy Traweek, said, the LA Times reported. “However, with detailed planning and engagement among all parties, we are expecting no shortage of electricity or reliability incidents related to the eclipse.”

California’s solar power has a capacity of 10,000 megawatts, and at times, supplies as much as 40 percent of the energy load connected to the state’s electricity grid.

In recent years, growth in solar use has mostly been motivated by California’s push for clean energy. The state has put forth a mandate saying that 50 percent of the state’s electricity must come from renewable sources by 2030.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/facts-about-the-us-solar-eclipse-on-august-21/articleshow/60119174.cms

MIAMI: On Monday, August 21, for the first time in 99 years, a totalsolar eclipse will march across the entire United States.

"The Great American Eclipse" will cast a shadow over the whole country, moving diagonally from Oregon in the northwest to South Carolina in the southeast.

Here are some facts on this eclipse, and what makes it so unique:

This is the first eclipse to pass over the United States in the 21st century.

It is the first total eclipse on American soil since 1991, when one was visible from the Big Island of Hawaii.

But it has been 38 years since the mainland United States glimpsed a total eclipse. The last one was in 1979, and that swept only a handful of northwestern states.

Having a total solar eclipse move across entire the United States is quite rare. The last time it happened was in 1918.

A different kind of eclipse -- called an annular eclipse, or "Ring of Fire" eclipse -- did cross the United States from coast to coast in 1994.

Because the Moon was near its farthest point from Earth at that time in its orbit, it blocked about 94 percent of the Sun's light.

Solar eclipses occur when the Moon moves between the Earth and the Sun, blocking light from the Sun.

Total solar eclipses happen because the Sun's diameter is 400 times wider than the Moon's, but it is also 400 times farther away.

From Earth's perspective, this geometry makes the Sun and Moon appear to be the same size.

When the two line up just right, the Moon obscures the entire Sun, and the skies go dark.

These total eclipses happen every 12 to 18 months somewhere in the world, often over the open ocean since most of the Earth is covered by water.

The partial phase of the Great American Eclipse begins over the Pacific Ocean at 8:46 am local time (1546 GMT).

Unless it's cloudy, Lincoln Beach, Oregon, will be the first location in the continental US to see the eclipse, beginning at 9:05 am (1605 GMT), according to NASA.

"Totality" -- the term for when the Moon completely blocks out light from the Sun -- begins near Lincoln Beach, Oregon, at 10:16 am Pacific time (1:16 pm Eastern, or 1716 GMT).

The path of totality spans about 70 miles (113 kilometers) and will pass through 14 states.

"Its longest duration will be near Carbondale, Illinois, where the Sun will be completely covered for two minutes and 40 seconds," says the US space agency.

The total eclipse ends at 2:48 pm (1848 GMT) near Charleston, South Carolina.

Then, the partial eclipse resumes as the Moon moves out of the Sun's way. The event ends when the lunar shadow leaves the United States, at 4:09 pm (2009 GMT).

The entire eclipse will take a total of four hours, four minutes to make its way across the nation.

Hundreds of millions of people will fall under the shadow of the eclipse, since the whole country will be darkened -- some parts more than others.

About 12 million people live in the path of totality, according to the American Astronomical Society.

Researchers say the eclipse is important because it will enable astronomers to study the outer realm of the Sun, known as the corona.

Understanding more about how the Sun works, and how solar flares emerge, can help protect astronauts in space as well as electrical grids on Earth.

The eclipse of America

The Great American Eclipse