Image Source: Travel and Leisure.
Other countries have solar eclipses cross their territories all the time. But America never does things by halves, and 21 August 2017 is no exception.
Jalu, Libya: 2006 Total Solar Eclipse (29 March 2006). Video Source: Youtube.
Total Solar Eclipse in Svalbard 2015 (Crowd Reaction) (20-21 March 2015). Video Source: Youtube.
Alaska Airlines Solar Eclipse Flight #870 (8-9 March 2016). Video Source: Youtube.
This is the first time a total solar eclipse will exactly span the United States in nearly a century; the last such eclipse took place on 8 June 1918. The moon’s penumbral shadow will produce a partial eclipse visible from most of North America. The most recent total solar eclipse prior to this one, which crossed parts of the USA and Canada, occurred on 26 February 1979.
Video Source: The Weather Network.
To celebrate this Monday's eclipse, there are family road trip eclipse maps; viewers which fit over your iPhone; shades and special eclipse binoculars; glow-in-the-dark t-shirts and other apparel; tote bags; travel mugs; and commemorative Californian wines called Umbra and Totality. The company Possets released a dedicated perfume:
There is even a 2017 book about the 1878 solar eclipse: American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World. Bonnie Tyler will sing her 1983 pop classic, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas off the coast of Florida."On a bed of gentle sandalwood rest two softly animalic musks that encompass a suggestive intermingling of a spot-on lilac accord and a measure of sweet hawthorne. This is one sexy and classy perfume that will invite dimming of the lights..."
A total solar eclipse sweeping across the US- BBC News (21 August 2017). Video Source: Youtube.
Image Source: NASA.
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