（太陽，月の）食／失墜 mania sweeps America as thousands take to the streets to watch rare 'path of totality' that will 急落（する），激減（する） parts of US, Canada and Mexico into 不明瞭

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Millions of 観客s have gathered across the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, Canada and Mexico to watch the spectacle of a total solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜?封鎖するs that could sun for more than four minutes in some parts.

Although newly 発表するd 予測（する）s for Monday are ominous, 示唆するing 雷雨s and cloud ニュース報道 that could 限界 visibility, 深い-pocketed thrill-探検者s are undiscouraged.

Thousands have packed towns along the total solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 'path of totality', starting in Mexico and moving through Texas?where it will travel up to New England and finish in Canada.

In any one 場所 along the path of totality, people will see a 部分的な／不平等な （太陽，月の）食／失墜 followed by the total （太陽，月の）食／失墜, and then a 部分的な／不平等な （太陽，月の）食／失墜 again.

Visit Indy 上級の Director of Public Relations Morgan Snyder told FOX 天候?they are 推定する／予想するing up to?125,000 訪問者s in Indianapolis to 見解（をとる） the （太陽，月の）食／失墜.

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Millions of 観客s have gathered across the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, Canada and Mexico to watch the spectacle of a total solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜

Visit Indy 上級の Director of Public Relations Morgan Snyder told FOX 天候 they are 推定する／予想するing up to 125,000 訪問者s in Indianapolis to 見解（をとる） the （太陽，月の）食／失墜

The total solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 will be 明白な along a 'path of totality', starting in Mexico and moving through Texas where it will travel up to New England and finish in Canada

More than 400,000 people have traveled to Dallas?- and a million are 推定する／予想するd in Texas as a whole - to be in the direct line of sight of the total solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜.?

The 孤独な 星／主役にする 明言する／公表する will be the first 明言する／公表する to see the celestial event around 1:27 PM ET, then Oklahoma is next at around 1:45pm CT, followed by Arkans as at 1:51pm ET and Missouri about five minutes after.

Illinois is next in line along the path of totality, with Carbondale experiencing the solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 at around 1:59pm CT and Paducah, Kentucky about one minute later.

And Evansville, Indiana at 2:02CT and then Ohio is 推定する／予想するd to 証言，証人／目撃する it at around 3:13pm ET.

明言する／公表する 公式の／役人s have 概算の that up to 556,000 people will be visiting the Buckeye 明言する／公表する.

Erie, Pennsylvania is next, with the solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 始める，決める for 3:16pm ET, followed by Buffalo, New York at around 3:18pm ET.

The path will continue up north, reaching Burlington, Vermont at 3:26pm ET, Lancaster, New Hampshire at 3:27pm ET and Caribou, Maine at 3:32pm ET.

The 国家の 天候 service 予測（する）s that?Northern New England will the best 場所 for （疑いを）晴らす 見解（をとる）ing of the total solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 Monday afternoon.

予報官s said Southern Texas will have an 増加する of cloud ニュース報道 事前の to the arrival of the solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜.

Other 場所s in between are said to have a fair chance of cloud covers at さまざまな levels, although 場所s across Arkansas to the Midwest could see breaks in the clouds or high thin clouds during the time of totality.?

航空宇宙局's （太陽，月の）食／失墜 Soundscapes 事業／計画（する） will use thousands of volunteers throughout the U.S. to help collect data form Monday's celestial sensation.?

Nearly, 2,500 people have 調印するd up to fill out?written multisensory 報告（する）／憶測s on animal 行為s and human reactions throughout the event.

A man tries on his （太陽，月の）食／失墜 glasses in Indianapolis?

Although newly 発表するd 予測（する）s for Monday are ominous, 示唆するing 雷雨s and cloud ニュース報道 that could 限界 visibility

In Niagara 落ちるs, photographers lined up 早期に in the morning to 行き詰まり，妨げる the best 位置／汚点／見つけ出す to get pictures of the （太陽，月の）食／失墜

（太陽，月の）食／失墜 hunters have flocked to stargazing hotspots to watch Monday's 現象

Masters fans in Augusta, Georgia are 存在 手渡すd 保護の glasses to watch historic spectacle

'When it comes to data, it's the more the merrier. The more people who 参加する, the better we can answer our questions about how solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜s 衝撃 life on Earth,'?Kelsey Perrett, communications 調整者／コーディネーター for the （太陽，月の）食／失墜 Soundscapes 事業／計画（する）, told CNN.

（太陽，月の）食／失墜 hunters have flocked to stargazing hotspots to watch Monday's 現象.

Sharon Jonson Edell, a retired 地理学 professor and mother of ABC News 錨，総合司会者 Whit Johnson, traveled to Mexico to 見解（をとる） her seventh （太陽，月の）食／失墜.

'This is a once in a life time experience, if you're with people, it will 部隊 you and all of you will 株 it,' she said on Good Morning America.

In Niagara 落ちるs, photographers lined up 早期に in the morning to 行き詰まり，妨げる the best 位置／汚点／見つけ出す to get pictures of the （太陽，月の）食／失墜.

Astrophotographer Stan Honda told CNN photographers of any 技術 level can 逮捕（する） photos of the （太陽，月の）食／失墜 as long as they have a sturdy, 安定した tripo d and a remote shutter 解放（する） for your camera.?

'With pretty much any 肉親，親類d of camera or any レンズ, you can get a good picture of the （太陽，月の）食／失墜,' he said. 'I would just recommend a 公正に／かなり sturdy tripod, to make your 体制／機構 pretty 安定した, and a remote shutter 解放（する）, because that 許すs you to take the pictures without jarring or moving the camera too much.'?

'A 安全な solar filter really is a necessity for the 部分的な／不平等な 段階s, and the American 天文学の Society has a whole section?on its website about solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 glasses and filters that they 認可する as 存在 安全な to use.'

研究員s 設立する during 2017's total （太陽，月の）食／失墜, there was a 31 パーセント 増加する in 致命的な 交通事故s, 報告（する）／憶測d Fox News.

The 熟考する／考慮する 設立する that the 殺到する in 事故s was not during the actual event, but rather in the hours when people are traveling to and from their places of 観察.

Astrophotographer Stan Honda told CNN photographers of any 技術 level can 逮捕（する） photos of the （太陽，月の）食／失墜

The Texas Department of Transportation has put up traffic 調印するs 警告 drivers not to stop on the 主要道路 to 見解（をとる） the （太陽，月の）食／失墜

People 始める，決める up c ameras along the viewpoint railing hours before the total solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 in Niagara 落ちるs

The Texas Department of Transportation has put up traffic 調印するs 警告 drivers not to stop on the 主要道路 to 見解（をとる） the （太陽，月の）食／失墜.

'Please 計画（する） ahead for extra traffic and get to your 見解（をとる）ing 場所 早期に. We want to make sure traffic keeps moving so please find a 安全な place to park and don’t stop on the 主要道路 or shoulder,' the department said.

In Russellville, Arkansas, over 300 couples have 調印するd up to get married at the city's サッカー コンビナート／複合体 when the path of totality crosses the area, 報告（する）／憶測d ABC 4029.

Masters fans in Augusta, Georgia are 存在 手渡すd 保護の glasses?to watch historic spectacle.

As millions across the country 準備する to watch the moon 封鎖するing out the sun, Trump 解放（する）d a clip of a silhouette of his 長，率いる moving across the sky.?

The ビデオ begins with the phrase 'the most important moment in human his tory is taking place in 2024' hovering over an image of the sun.?

When his 長，率いる covers the sun, creating its own （太陽，月の）食／失墜, more words flash across the 審査する 説: 'We will save America. And make it 広大な／多数の／重要な again'.?

WHAT IS A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE?

In a total solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜, the moon passes between the sun and Earth, 完全に covering the 直面する of the sun along a small path of our 惑星's surface. This is called the 'path of totality.' The daytime sky turns dark, akin to dusk or 夜明け, and nocturnal animals have been known to wake up, 混乱させるd into believing night has arrived.

In places along the path of totality, people will be able to 見解（をとる） the sun's corona - the 星／主役にする's outer atmosphere - that typically is not 明白な because of solar brightness. People 観察するing from outside the path of totality will see a 部分的な／不平等な （太陽，月の）食／失墜 in which the moon obscures most of the sun's 直面する but not all of it.

A family 提起する／ポーズをとるs for a photo with a large （太陽，月の）食／失墜 glasses 陳列する，発揮する in 前線 of the pagoda at the India napolis モーター Speedway

専門家s 警告する that it is 危険な to look 直接／まっすぐに at the 有望な sun without using 専攻するd 注目する，もくろむ 保護 designed for solar 見解（をとる）ing

A man sells （太陽，月の）食／失墜 主題d t-shirts in Niagara 落ちるs

The solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 will spread across 115 miles from Maine to Texas on Monday, but 天文学者s say the path of totality has 転換d by 2,000 feet

Of course, a cloudy day could spoil the 見解（をとる）. After this one, the next total solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 viewable from the contiguous 部隊d 明言する／公表するs will not occur until 2044.

WHERE WILL IT BE VISIBLE?

によれば 航空宇宙局, the April 8 （太陽，月の）食／失墜 will begin over the South 太平洋の, with its path reaching Mexico's 太平洋の coast at around 11:07 a.m. 太平洋の Time before entering the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs in Texas.

Its path then takes it through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, a tiny piece of Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, a tiny piece of Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

The path then enters Canada in Ontario and 旅行s through Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton, 出口ing 大陸の North America on the 大西洋 coast of Newfoundland, Canada, at 5:16 p.m. Newfoundland Time. A 部分的な／不平等な （太陽，月の）食／失墜 is 予定 to be 明白な for people in all 48 contiguous U.S. 明言する／公表するs.

WHERE ARE SOME OF THE BEST PLACES TO SEE THE ECLIPSE?

Some major cities and their 主要都市の areas lay within or 近づく the path of totality. Some of these 含む: Mazatlan and Torreon in Mexico; San Antonio, Austin, Waco, Fort 価値（がある） and Dallas in Texas; Little 激しく揺する in Arkansas; St. Louis in Missouri; Louisville in Kentucky; Indianapolis in Indiana; Dayton, Columbus, Toledo and Cleveland in Ohio; Detroit in Michigan; Erie in Pennsylvania; Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse in New York; and Hamilton, Toronto and Montreal in Canada.

HOW WIDE IS THE PATH OF TOTALITY?

On Aug. 21, 2017, millions of people 証言，証人／目撃するd a total solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 whose path crossed the contiguous 部隊d 明言する／公表するs. The path of totality for the April 8 （太陽，月の）食／失墜 will be wider than the one in 2017 because the moon was a little bit さらに先に from Earth during that one. によれば 航空宇宙局, the path in 2017 範囲d from about 62-71 miles (100-114 km) wide while this one will 範囲 from about 108-122 miles (174-196 km) wide, meaning it will cover more ground. This year's （太陽，月の）食／失墜 path also is 始める，決める to pass over more 密集して 居住させるd areas than the one in 2017.

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT TO SEE DURING THE ECLIPSE?

A total solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 広げるs in several 際立った 行う／開催する／段階s.

It starts with a 部分的な／不平等な （太陽，月の）食／失墜 段階 as the moon begins to pass between Earth and the sun, 部分的に／不公平に 封鎖するing it and leaving the sun looking like it has a 三日月 形態／調整.

In the その後の Baily's Beads 段階, points of light from the sun 向こうずね around the moon 's 辛勝する／優位s because of the 不規律な lunar topography, producing small beads of light.

People walking along a path at Niagara 落ちるs 明言する／公表する Park to 安全な・保証する their （太陽，月の）食／失墜 見解（をとる）ing 位置／汚点／見つけ出す?

Some major cities and their 主要都市の areas lay within or 近づく the path of totality, 含むing Mazatlan and Torr eon in Mexico

航空宇宙局's （太陽，月の）食／失墜 Soundscapes 事業／計画（する） will use thousands of volunteers throughout the U.S. to help collect data form Monday's celestial sensation

In the diamond （犯罪の）一味 段階, a 選び出す／独身 有望な 位置／汚点／見つけ出す appears along the lunar 辛勝する／優位 even as the sun's atmosphere leaves a （犯罪の）一味 of light around the moon. The 影響 似ているs the 外見 of a diamond （犯罪の）一味. This 現象 に先行するs totality.

After totality, the other 段階s repeat as the moon keeps moving along its path until the （太陽，月の）食／失墜 ends.

HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM AN ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE?

On Oct. 14, 2023, people along a path stretching from the U.S. 太平洋の Northwest, through Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Brazil 証言，証人／目撃するd an annular solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜, a わずかに different event. An annular solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 occurs when the moon passes between the sun and Earth when the moon is at or 近づく its farthest point from our 惑星. Thus, it does not 完全に cover the 直面する of the sun , leaving what looks like a '（犯罪の）一味 of 解雇する／砲火／射撃' in the sky.

HOW DO YOU SAFELY WATCH AN ECLIPSE?

専門家s 警告する that it is 危険な to look 直接／まっすぐに at the 有望な sun without using 専攻するd 注目する，もくろむ 保護 designed for solar 見解（をとる）ing. 見解（をとる）ing an （太陽，月の）食／失墜 through a camera レンズ, binoculars or telescope without making use of a special-目的 solar filter can 原因（となる） 厳しい 注目する，もくろむ 傷害, によれば these 専門家s.

They advise using 安全な solar 見解（をとる）ing glasses or a 安全な handheld solar テレビ視聴者, 公式文書，認めるing that 正規の／正選手 sunglasses are not 安全な for 見解（をとる）ing the sun. The only moment it is considered 安全な for people to 除去する 注目する，もくろむ 保護 during a total solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 is the 簡潔な／要約する time when the moon 完全に 封鎖するs the sun's surface.

HOW BIG ARE THE EARTH, MOON AND SUN?

The moon will cover the sun's 直面する, as 明白な from Earth, only because the moon - in actuality much smaller than the sun - is so much closer to our 惑星. The moon's 直径 is 2,159 miles (3,476 km), compared to the sun's 直径 of about 865,000 miles (1.4 million km) and Earth's 直径 of 7,918 miles (12,742 km).

HOW DO SOLAR ECLIPSES DIFFER FROM LUNAR ECLIPSES?

Lunar （太陽，月の）食／失墜s occur when Earth is positioned between the moon and the sun and our 惑星's 影をつくる／尾行する is cast upon the lunar surface. This leaves the moon looking 薄暗い from Earth, いつかs with a 赤みを帯びた color. Lunar （太陽，月の）食／失墜s are 明白な from half of Earth, a much wider area than solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜s.

FUTURE ECLIPSES

People in さまざまな parts of the world will get to experience more （太陽，月の）食／失墜s in the coming months and years, によれば 航空宇宙局.

An annular solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 will occur on Oct. 2 of this year, 明白な in Sou th America, with a 部分的な／不平等な （太陽，月の）食／失墜 明白な in South America, Antarctica, the 太平洋の Ocean, the 大西洋 Ocean and North America.

People wait to watch a total solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 in Mazatlan, Mexico

Tourists flock to Niagara 落ちるs 明言する／公表する Park to 見解（をとる） the （太陽，月の）食／失墜?

The 国家の 天候 service 予測（する）s that Northern New England will the best 場所 for （疑いを）晴らす 見解（をとる）ing of the total solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 Monday afternoon

A 部分的な／不平等な solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 will occur on March 29, 2025, 明白な in Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, the 大西洋 Ocean and the 北極の Ocean.

A 部分的な／不平等な solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 will occur on Sept. 21, 2025, 明白な in Australia, Antarctica, the 太平洋の Ocean and the 大西洋 Ocean.

An annular solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 will occur on Feb. 17, 2026, 明白な in Antarctica, with a 部分的な／不平等な （太陽，月の）食／失墜 明白な in Antarctica, Africa, South America, the 太平洋の Ocean, the 大西洋 Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

The next total solar （太陽，月の）食／失墜 will occur on Aug. 12, 2026, 明白な in Greenland, アイスランド, Spain, Russia and a small 部分 of Portugal, with a 部分的な／不平等な （太陽，月の）食／失墜 明白な in Europe, Africa, North America, the 大西洋 Ocean, the 北極の Ocean and the 太平洋の Ocean.

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