Eclipse 2017

People around the country gather to view the eclipse.

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Mon., Aug. 21, 2017

This eight picture combo shows the path of the sun during a total eclipse by the moon Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, near Redmond, Ore.

Ted S. Warren Associated Press
The moon covers the sun during a total eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, near Redmond, Ore.

Ted S. Warren Associated Press
This photo shows solar flare as the sun emerges from a total eclipse by the moon Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, near Redmond, Ore.

Ted S. Warren Associated Press
Julian Ledger, of Los Angeles, photographs the solar eclipse while his wife Shayde Ledger and friend Annemarie Penny, right dance during totality at the Albany Regional Airport in Albany, Ore., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

Mark Ylen Associated Press
The moon almost totally eclipses the sun during a near total solar eclipse as seen from Salem, Ore., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

Don Ryan Associated Press
A crowd gathers in front of the Hollywood sign at the Griffith Observatory to watch the solar eclipse in Los Angeles on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

Richard Vogel Associated Press
Brothers Lucas Garza, 5, left, and Cole Garza, 8, of Winchester, Va., along with family friend Grace Brown, 8, of Orange, Va., test their solar eclipse glasses in the front yard of the Garza home Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

Jeff Taylor Associated Press
Ezra Packham, of Jacksonville, Fla., looks through his solar glasses in preparation for the solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, on the beach at Isle of Palms, S.C. Ezra and his family said the wanted to come to the Isle of Palms because they wanted to be on the beach and the city of Isle of Palms was giving away solar glasses.

Mic Smith Associated Press
A woman who goes by the name of The Voodoo Bone Lady of New Orleans handles snakes as she sits in the campground set up for viewing the solar eclipse at the Orchard Dale historical farm near Hopkinsville, Ky. Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. The location, which is in the path of totality, is also at the point of greatest intensity. The woman said she has come to the eclipse viewing site "to do a ritual for peace and for unity."

Mark Humphrey Associated Press
Abhinaba Nandy, left, and Shibaji Chakraborty, who traveled from Virginia Tech, nap in Veteran's Park as they wait for the start of the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Spring City, Tenn.

Doug Strickland Associated Press
The moon is seen as it starts passing in front of the sun during a solar eclipse from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park, in Washington on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

Bill Ingalls Associated Press
Mike Newchurch, left, professor of atmospheric chemistry at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and graduate student Paula Tucker prepare a weather balloon before releasing it to perform research during the solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, on the Orchard Dale historical farm near Hopkinsville, Ky. The location, which is in the path of totality, is also at the point of greatest intensity.

Mark Humphrey Associated Press
People wait in line to buy viewing glasses for the eclipse at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles early Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

Richard Vogel Associated Press
Annie Gray Penuel and Lauren Peck, both of Dallas, wear their makeshift eclipse glasses at Nashville's eclipse viewing party ahead of the solar eclipse at First Tennessee Park on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. (Shelley Mays/The Tennessean via AP) ORG XMIT: TNNAT401

Shelley Mays Ap
Ruby Beebe, 8, drove down to Lincoln City from Seattle with her dad Nick Beebe very early Monday morning.

Pia Hallenberg The Spokesman-Review
People gather in Weiser, Idaho to view the eclipse.

Shawn Vestal The Spokesman-Review
This multiple-exposure photo shows the path of the sun during a total eclipse by the moon, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, near Redmond, Ore. Each exposure was taken approximately 20 minutes apart.

Ted S. Warren Associated Press
President Donald Trump points skyward before donning protective glasses to view the solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at the White House in Washington .

Andrew Harnik Associated Press
Eclipse watchers at Memorial Park look at the sun and moon at totality during the total solar eclipse as seen from Weiser, Idaho, Monday, Aug., 21, 2017.

Kyle Green Associated Press
Rain clouds obscure the solar eclipse tracking over Spaceship Earth at Epcot at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. The eclipse was partially blocked as it approached totality because of the weather in the area.

Joe Burbank Associated Press
Travelers head north on Interstate 15 prior to the total solar eclipse over Idaho Falls, Idaho, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

John Roark Associated Press
Members of Minnesota Twins watch the solar eclipse before a baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Chicago.

Paul Beaty Associated Press
Birds begin to have strange flight patterns as the eclipse heads into totality over Bald Mountain, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Drew Nash Associated Press
A boy reacts as he views a partial solar eclipse through a filter at the Astronomy Institute on the campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, in Mexico City, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

Rebecca Blackwell Associated Press
Campers from Steamboat Springs, Colo. observe the solar eclipse Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2017, at Shadow Mountain just east of Grand Teton National Park.

Erika Dahlby Associated Press
A crowd reacts as clouds move to reveal a partial solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in New York.

Michael Noble Jr. Associated Press
Ann Kim Tenhor, of Arlington, Mass., uses protective eclipse glasses to view a partial solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, on the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Mass.

Steven Senne Associated Press
Beach goers look up during a solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, on the beach at Isle of Palms, S.C. The city of Isle of Palms hosted a beach party "Get Eclipsed on IOP".

Mic Smith Associated Press
The International Space Station is seen in silhouette as it transits the sun during a partial solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park, in Washington.

Bill Ingalls Associated Press
A partial solar eclipse appears over the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
A street artist dressed as a bronze statue uses special glasses to view a partial solar eclipse in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

Ramon Espinosa Associated Press