Great American Eclipse...coming August 2017

Americans will get a front-row seat at a dazzling sky show two years from now when the next total solar eclipse passes directly over the middle of the country, an event that has prompted many observers to start calling it "the Great American Eclipse."

Set to take place on Aug. 21, 2017, the eclipse will pass directly over a huge swath of the country stretching from Oregon to South Carolina, and will reach its peak – which astronomers call its points of greatest duration and greatest eclipse – when it passes over the southeastern corner of Missouri and part of western Kentucky.

Great American Eclipse


Remember being in the Wilson cafeteria during the '79 eclipse

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2017Aug21Tgoogle.html

We've already eclipsed the rest of the world, now it's time to eclipse the universe! 'murica!

The Pantry wrote:
Remember being in the Wilson cafeteria during the '79 eclipse

That actually got me thinking about the Great Comet Kohoutek Fiasco.

Funny Dave Barry column from the mid 90s.

Remember Comet Kohoutek? It Was 1973 And The Astronomy Community Lost Face When It Failed To Deliver The Light Show Of The Millennium

25 Eclipse Facts for 2017

I dare a mod to move this thread.