THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF AUGUST 21, 2017

A HISTORICAL EVENT

 

                                                       

 

TOTAL ECLIPSE 2017

Total Solar Eclipse
Taken by Chris Wilson on August 21, 2017 @ Franklin, Kentucky

 

ECLIPSE TIMES

 

SPACE WEATHER ALERT: On Monday, Aug. 21st, during the Great American Solar Eclipse, Spaceweather.com and the students of Earth to Sky Calculus plan to launch as many as a dozen space weather balloons into the Moon's shadow. Floating high above the path of totality, cameras will snap pictures while cosmic ray sensors map radiation levels. Because webmaster Dr. Tony Phillips is leading one of the launch teams, regular updates to Spaceweather.com might not take place on Aug. 20th and 21st. The consolation prize will be unique data and photos, post-eclipse. Sorry for the interruption! Browse: Realtime Eclipse Photo Gallery

WHY GO TO THE PATH OF TOTALITY? The USA is about to experience an historic solar eclipse. In most places, the eclipse will be partial--that is, the Moon will cross the sun off-center leaving only a crescent-shaped portion of the solar disk exposed. Is it really worth the trip to the path of totality when you can see most of the sun covered from the comfort of your own home? Pulitzer prize winner Annie Dillard witnessed both types of eclipse in 1979, and her comparison might help you make up your mind:

"A partial eclipse is very interesting. It bears almost no relation to a total eclipse. Seeing a partial eclipse bears the same relation to seeing a total eclipse as kissing a man does to marrying him, or as flying in an airplane does to falling out of an airplane."

During the minutes of totality, the whole world changes. Saying that day turns into night barely scratches the surface of it. The shadow of the Moon lances down to Earth from a quarter million miles away. On one end is you; on the other end is a million square miles of dusty lunar terrain. You're connected, and you can feel the cold.

 

NOTE FROM DEE FINNEY:

I currently live in Southern California and way too far south to observe this particular eclipse in person.  However, I have experienced total solar eclipses twice in my lifetime before - in 1979 and in 1997 - both in Wisconsin.  So I had the fun of poking a hole in a piece of cardboard and seeing the sun's image on the ground.

I was more impressed by how the birds reacted to the sun going dark in the middle of the day both times - they stopped singing and seemed to go to sleep for the few minutes of totality.

They probably did that in the 2017 as well, but others will have to tell their experiences, because I watched the eclipse on television vicariously - as the crossed the entire USA.

Darkness inside the path of totality has an alien quality. Because the shadow is only 70 miles wide, you can see daylight at the edges even while you stand in the dark core. This distant scattered light produces a slight reddish glow and unusual shadow effects. Many birds stop singing, daytime flower blossoms begin to close as if for the night, and bees return to their hives.

"What you see in an eclipse is entirely different from what you know," says Dillard, whose brilliant essay "Total Eclipse" is a must-read for anyone deciding whether to stay home ... or have their minds blown.

Realtime Eclipse Photo Gallery

WEIRD WAYS TO OBSERVE THE SOLAR ECLIPSE: During the Great American Solar Eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017, only a narrow slice of the USA will experience totality--the magical moment when the disk of the Moon completely covers the sun. The rest of the country will see a partial eclipse. The sun, still blindingly bright, will turn into a crescent as the Moon passes in front of it off-center. How do you safely observe this phenomenon? Believe it or not, you probably already own a solar eclipse viewer. It's in your kitchen.

"It's a vegetable steamer," explains Stetson. "During the eclipse on the 21st, sunbeams projected through holes in the steamer will appear as crescents."

"The Chinese were the first to record the use of pinhole projection to observe eclipses in 500 BCE," he adds. "At the beginning of Western Civilization, Aristotle also wrote about this phenomenon."

Looking through his kitchen in Brisbane, Australia, Duncan Waldron found something else that works. "Try a water biscuit," he suggests. "With smaller holes, you'll see more detail of the bright crescent Sun."

WATER BISQUIT

 

Darkness inside the path of totality has an alien quality. Because the shadow is only 70 miles wide, you can see daylight at the edges even while you stand in the dark core. This distant scattered light produces a slight reddish glow and unusual shadow effects. Many birds stop singing, daytime flower blossoms begin to close as if for the night, and bees return to their hives.

"What you see in an eclipse is entirely different from what you know," says Dillard, whose brilliant essay "Total Eclipse" is a must-read for anyone deciding whether to stay home ... or have their minds blown.

 

HERE ARE SOME COOL VIDEOS FROM YOUTUBE.COM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G10m2ZZRH4U

 

HERE IS A PICTURE FROM SPACEWEATHER.COM
AS THE SUN REALLY LOOKED LIKE YESTERDAY 8-20-2017

NOT SO PRETTY.

 

coronal hole 8-20-17

AT THE SAME TIME FIREBALLS WERE WHIZZING THROUGH SPACE ABOVE OUT HEADS
WHICH WE CANT SEE IN  THE DAY TIME

FIREBALLS

 

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT INCOMING ASTEROIDS

HERE ARE THE CURRENTLY KNOWN ONES

Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) are space rocks larger than approximately 100m that can come closer to Earth than 0.05 AU. None of the known PHAs is on a collision course with our planet, although astronomers are finding new ones all the time.

On August 22, 2017 there were 1803 potentially hazardous asteroids.
Recent & Upcoming Earth-asteroid encounters:
Asteroid
Date(UT)
Miss Distance
Velocity (km/s)
Diameter (m)
2017 PD25
2017-Aug-16
9.7 LD
7.9
32
2017 QN2
2017-Aug-20
0.6 LD
15.3
9
2017 QO1
2017-Aug-21
10.6 LD
3.7
14
2017 PV25
2017-Aug-22
5.5 LD
6.5
42
2017 QT1
2017-Aug-22
2.6 LD
20.6
15
2017 PE
2017-Aug-24
19.4 LD
7.1
46
2017 QJ2
2017-Aug-25
9.1 LD
20.2
22
2017 QX1
2017-Aug-26
12.9 LD
7
38
2017 QU1
2017-Aug-27
16.2 LD
10.1
37
2017 PL26
2017-Aug-28
14.2 LD
8.4
129
2017 QN1
2017-Aug-30
5.5 LD
10.6
18
2017 QP2
2017-Aug-30
10.1 LD
7.5
33
2017 QQ1
2017-Aug-31
4.8 LD
10.1
39
3122
2017-Sep-01
18.5 LD
13.5
5376
2017 OP68
2017-Sep-10
20 LD
11.7
296
2014 RC
2017-Sep-11
15.1 LD
8.9
16
2017 PR25
2017-Sep-23
17.9 LD
13.5
224
1989 VB
2017-Sep-29
7.9 LD
6.3
408
2012 TC4
2017-Oct-12
0.1 LD
7.6
16
2005 TE49
2017-Oct-13
8.5 LD
11.2
16
2013 UM9
2017-Oct-15
17 LD
7.8
39
2006 TU7
2017-Oct-18
18.7 LD
13.3
148
Notes: LD means "Lunar Distance." 1 LD = 384,401 km, the distance between Earth and the Moon. 1 LD also equals 0.00256 AU. MAG is the visual magnitude of the asteroid on the date of closest approach.

BY GOING TO SPACEWEATHER.COM
FREQUENTLY, YOU CAN KEEP TRACK OF THEM

HERE ARE A FEW OF THE EVENTS THAT NASA SPONSORED

All American Solar Eclipse Event

Event Date: Monday, August 21, 2017

Edelman Planetarium - Solar Eclipse Event

Event Date: Monday, August 21, 2017

Uptown Market Viewing Party

Event Date: Monday, August 21, 2017

Kimberly Arcand

Event Date: Monday, August 21, 2017

All American Eclipse Party Lake Greenwood State Park

Event Date: Monday, August 21, 2017

Solar Eclipse Watch Party Passive Program

Event Date: Monday, August 21, 2017

Solar Eclipse At Taylor Observatory

Event Date: Monday, August 21, 2017


HERE ARE THE CITIES THAT HAD TOTALITY

Search by state:

Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina


OREGON

location

code

duration


location

code

duration


location

code

duration

Adair Village

1:54

Independence

1:59

Prineville

1:07

Albany

1:49

Jefferson

1:58

Redmond

s*

0:37

Amity

1:28

John Day Fossil Beds NM

*

2:05

Richland

1:20

Antelope

1:47

John Day

2:01

Rickreall

1:56

Aumsville

*

2:00

Keizer

1:47

Rose Lodge

1:50

Aurora

n

0:25

Labish Village

1:45

S. Lebanon

1:33

Baker City

1:35

Lafayette

0:28

Salem

1:54

Beaver

n*

0:20

Lake Billy Chinook


Scio

1:58

Brooks


1:41

Lebanon

1:38

Scots Mills


1:39

Brownsville

s

0:52

Lincoln Beach

*

1:58

Seneca

s

0:53

Canyon City

1:59

Lincoln City

1:53

Shaniko

1:28

Cloverdale

1:09

Long Creek

2:00

Sheridan

1:34

Corvallis

1:40

Lyons

*

2:01

Siletz

1:55

Culver

1:53

Madras

*

2:02

Silver Falls SP

1:59

Dallas

1:56

Marion

1:49

Silverton

1:46

Dayton

0:44

McDowell Creek Co. Park


Sisters

s

0:34

Dayville

2:01

McMinnville

0:56

Sodaville

1:27

Depoe Bay

1:58

Mehama

*

2:01

Spray

1:51

Detroit

*

2:02

Metolius

1:59

Stayton

*

2:01

Detroit Lake


Mill City

*

2:01

St. Paul


0:50

Donald


0:38

Millersburg

1:55

Sublimity

2:00

Falls City

*

1:59

Mitchell

*

2:04

Sumpter

1:48

Fossil

1:20

Molalla

1:10

Sweet Home

s

1:01

Four Corners

1:55

Monmouth

*

1:59

Tangent

1:39

Gates

*

2:01

Monument

1:49

Terrebonne

1:14

Gervais

1:27

Mt. Angel


1:35

The Cove Palisades SP

1:55

Grand Ronde

1:41

Mt. Vernon

2:00

Toledo

1:43

Granite

1:38

Neskowin

1:34

Turner

*

2:00

Green PeterLake


Newport

1:44

Unity

*

2:07

Greenhorn

1:56

Ontario

s*

1:28

Vale

s

0:54

Haines

n

0:39

Otter Rock

*


Waldport

s*

0:47

Halfway

n*


Pacific City

1:10

Warm Springs

*

2:02

Halsey

s

0:44

Painted Hills SP

2:05

Waterloo

1:31

Hebo

0:56

Phillips Reservoir

1:55

Willamina

1:38

Hubbard

1:01

Philomath

1:34

Woodburn

1:17

Huntington

*

2:09

Pine Grove

1:03

Yaquina Bay

1:41

Idanha

2:01

Prairie City *
2:06



IDAHO

location

code

duration


location

code

duration


location

code

duration

Ammon


1:47

Fruitland


1:24

Newdale


Arco


1:38

Hamer


2:14

Palisades Reservoir

s

Ashton


1:35


Parker


2:06

Atomic City

s*

0:46

Horseshoe Bend


1:13

Payette


1:40

Butte City


1:33

HorsetoothRSRV SP


1:52 north
2:02 south

Placerville


1:30

Cambridge


1:56

Idaho City

s

0:47

Rexburg

*

2:17

Cascade


1:55

Idaho Falls


1:48

Rigby


2:15

Cascade Reservoir


1:00 north
2:00 south

Iona


1:57

Roberts


2:15

Challis

n

0:58

Irwin


1:54

Shelley

s

1:04

Clayton


2:07

Jefferson Reservoir


St. Anthony


2:04

Council


1:10

Ketchum

s

1:00

Stanley

*

2:13

Crane Creek Reservoir

*

2:11

Lewisville


2:15

Sugar City


2:14

Crouch


2:03

Lost River


1:41

Swan Valley


1:57

Deadwood Reservoir


2:11

Mackay


2:13

Teton


Donnelly

n

0:50

Menan


2:17

Tetonia


2:12

Driggs

*

2:18

Midvale


2:07

Ucon


2:06

Drummond


1:49

Moore


1:57

Victor


2:18

Dubois


1:35

Mud Lake

*

2:17

Warm River


1:08

Emmett

s*

0:25

New Plymouth

s

1:09

Weiser


2:05

MONTANA

Only a miniscule piece of the "beard" of MT is in the path. There aren't even any roads to get you there, and besides, max totality in MT is only 45s. Get into Idaho or Wyoming and see some real totality!

WYOMING

location

code

duration


location

code

duration


location

code

duration

Alcova

1:46

Ft. Washakie

1:59

Meadow Acres


2:25

Alpine

s*

Glendo

*

2:27

Mills

*

2:26

Alta


2:16

Glendo SP

*

2:27

Mountain View


Antelope Hills


2:05

Glenrock


2:21

Ocean Lake



Arapahoe


2:02

Grand Teton NP


0:00 north
2:19 south

Pathfinder Reservoir

s*

2:24

Ayres Natural Bridge Park

*

2:26

Guernsey


2:14

Pavillion

*

2:23

Bar Nunn


2:24

Guernsey SP


2:14

Powder River


Bessemer Bend


2:23

Hartrandt


2:25

Red Butte


2:26

Bondurant


1:39

Hartville


2:21

Riverton


2:13

Boulder Flats


1:36

Hoback


1:53

Rolling Hills


2:17

Boysen Reservoir


2:01

Homa Hills


2:19

Shoshoni

*

2:22

Bull Lake


2:13 south
2:18 north

Hudson


1:44

Teton Village


2:20

Casper

*

2:26

Huntley


1:26

Thermopolis

n

0:53

Casper Mtn


2:24

Jackson Hole

2:15

Torrington


2:01

Crowheart

*

2:22

Jackson Lake


Van Tassell


1:58

Douglas

*

2:23

Johnstown


2:15

Veteran


1:15

Dubois


2:18

Lander

s

1:06

Vista West

*

2:26

Esterbrook


2:15

Lingle


2:08

Wheatland

s*

0:51

Ethete


2:02

Lost Springs


2:12

Willow Lake

s*

0:32 south
1:05 north

Evansville

*

2:25

Lusk


1:53

Wilson


2:15

Ft. Laramie

2:14

Manville

1:57

Yoder

s*

0:56

 

NEBRASKA

location

code

duration


location

code

duration


location

code

duration

Adams

2:29

Elba


1:54

Minden

s*

0:25

Agate Fossil Beds NM



Elk Creek

2:33

Mitchell


1:53

Alda


2:36



Morrill


1:52

Alexandria


2:07

Endicott


1:49

Mullen


1:25

Alliance

*

2:30

Exeter


2:36

Norman

s

0:57

Amherst


2:12

Fairbury


2:00

North Platte


1:43

Anselmo


2:00

Falls City


2:37

Oconto


2:31

Ansley


2:29

Farwell


2:12

Odell


2:06

Arcadia


1:58

Filley

*

2:37

Ohiowa


2:29

Arnold

*

2:33

Firth


2:24

Ong


2:10

Arthur


2:21

Friend


2:32

Osceola

n*

Ashton


2:15

Ft. Robinson SP

n

1:16

Overton


1:21

Auburn


2:08

Gandy

*

2:33

Palmer


1:46

Aurora


2:32

Geneva


2:34

Palmyra


1:29

Ayr


1:30

Gering

s

1:26

Panama


2:09

Barneston


2:18

Gibbon


2:18

Pawnee City

*

2:36

Bayard

s

1:31

Gilead


1:37

Peru


1:33

Beatrice


2:35

Giltner

*

2:36

Phillips


2:34

Beaver Crossing


2:20

Glenvil


2:06

Pickrell

*

2:37

Bee

n

0:34

Goehner


2:07

Pleasant Dale


1:55

Belvidere


1:57

Gothenburg


1:27

Pleasanton


2:32

Benedict


1:52

Grafton


2:36

Plymouth


2:32

Bennet


1:50

Grand Island

*

2:34

Polk


1:47

Berwyn


2:27

Gresham


1:22

Ravenna

*

2:35

Blue Springs


2:27

Hallam


2:30

Reynolds

s

1:10

Box Butte Res SP


2:27

Halsey

n

0:47

Riverdale


2:08

Bradshaw


2:23

Hampton


2:29

Roca


2:07

Brady


1:42

Harbine


2:21

Rockville


2:31

Branch Oak Lake SP

n*


Harrison


1:37

Rulo


2:34

Bridgeport

s

1:15

Harvard


2:29

Salem

*

2:37

Broadwater

s

1:10

Hastings


2:13

Sargent

n

1:00

Brock


1:57

Hazard

*

2:35

Saronville


2:32

Broken Bow


2:25

Hebron

s

1:27

Scotia

n

0:51

Brownville


1:52

Hemingford


2:17

Scottsbluff

s

1:40

Bruning


2:14

Henderson

*

2:34

Seneca

n

0:57

Burchard


2:35

Henry


1:54

Seward


1:34

Burr


2:09

Hershey


1:28

Shelton


2:26

Callaway

*

2:34

Hickman


2:13

Sherman Res


2:14

Carleton


2:01

Holstein


1:14

Shickley


2:19

Central City


1:55

Hordville


1:56

Shubert


2:26

Chapman


2:21

Howard City


2:32

Sprague


2:18

Chimney Rock



Humboldt

*

2:37

St. Paul


2:03

Cisco

s*

0:41

Hyannis


2:19

Staplehurst


1:15

Clarks

n

0:50

Indian Cave SP


2:17

Stapleton

*

2:33

Clatonia

*

2:35

Jansen


2:14

Steele City


1:43

Clay Center


2:20

Johnson


2:15

Steinauer

*

2:37

Comstock


1:26

Julian


1:35

Stella


2:29

Cook


2:05

Kearney


1:54

Sterling


2:24

Cordova


2:29

Kenesaw


2:05

Stockham

*

2:36

Cortland


2:30

Lake Minatere


2:14

Strang


2:25

Cotesfield


1:36

Lewiston

*

2:37

Stromsburg


1:10

Cozad


1:18

Lexington

s

1:12

Sumner


2:19

Crab Orchard


2:35

Liberty


2:28

Sutherland

s

1:11

Crawford

n

0:42

Lincoln


1:24

Sutton


2:34

Crete


2:26

Litchfield

*

2:33

Swanton


2:35

Cushing


1:32

Lorton


1:25

Syracuse

n

1:20

Dannebrog


2:23

Loup City


2:19

Table Rock

*

2:37

Dawson


2:37

Lushton


2:35

Talmage


1:48

De Witt


2:37

Lyman


1:27

Tecumseh


2:28

Denton


2:01

Malcolm

n

0:58

Thedford

n

0:50

Deshler

s*

0:38

Minatare


2:14

Trumbull


2:30

Deweese


1:33

Marquette


2:17

Tryon

*

2:33

Diller


2:09

Mason City

*

2:32

Unadilla


1:20

Doniphan


2:34

Maxwell


1:45

Utica


2:00

Dorchester


2:29

McCool Junction


2:32

Verdon


2:34

Douglas


2:03

McGrew


1:16

Virginia


2:37

Du Bois


2:35

Melbeta


1:24

Waco


2:08

Dunbar


0:41

Merna


2:20

Western

2:34

Dunning

n

1:09

Milford


2:09

Wilber

*

2:36

Eagle

n*

Miller


2:21

Wolbach

n

0:33

Eddyville


2:23

Milligan


2:36

Wood River


2:32

Edgar


1:55

Minatare


1:37

Wymore


2:24





York


2:20






 

KANSAS

location

code

duration


location

code

duration

Atchison

2:17

Leavenworth

1:33

Axtell


2:04

Leona


2:35

Beattie


1:48


Bern


2:31

Marysville

s

1:09

Centralia


1:36

Morrill


2:35

Corning

s

1:18

Netawaka


1:40

Denton


2:32

Nortonville

s

1:16

Easton


1:15

Oketo


2:00

Effingham


1:49

Oneida


2:23

Everest


2:20

Robinson


2:35

Fairview


2:28

Sabetha


2:32

Goff


1:35

Seneca


2:12

Hamlin


2:36

Severance


2:35

Hanover

s

0:55

Summerfield


2:21

Hiawatha


2:34

Troy

*

2:38

Highland

*

2:38

Vermillion

s

1:11

Hollenberg


1:25

Wathena

*

2:38

Horton


2:13

Wetmore


1:38

Huron


2:18

White Cloud


2:36

Lancaster


2:08

Whiting


1:47

Lansing

1:04


 

MISSOURI

location

code

duration


location

code

duration


location

code

duration

Agency

2:38

Gasconde

2:08

Olean

1:08

Altamont


1:49

Gerald

*

2:39

Oregon


2:33

Altenburg


2:36

Gilliam


2:34

Orrick


2:18

Amazonia


2:34

Gladstone

s

1:43

Otterville


1:54

Armstrong


2:17

Glasgow


2:30

Owensville


2:31

Arnold


2:11

Gordonville


1:20

Pacific


2:24

Arrow Rock


2:39

Gower

*

2:38

Park Hills


2:17

Ashland


2:39

Graham


1:51

Parkway

*

2:40

August Busch Wildlife Area


Grain Valley

s

1:10

Pattonsburg

n*

0:30

Augusta


2:19

Guilford


1:27

Perryville


2:34

Auxvasse


2:09

Guthrie


Pershing SP

n*

Ballwin


1:44

Hale


1:55

Pevely

*

2:32

Barnard


1:36

Hallsville


2:13

Pilot Grove


2:31

Barnhart


2:26

Hamilton


2:15

Platte City


2:04

Bates City


1:27

Hawn SP


Plattsburg

*

2:38

Belle


2:11

Hermann


2:30

Polo


2:37

Bellflower


0:58

Higbee


1:55

Potosi


2:13

Benton City

n

1:16

Higginsville


2:19

Prairie Home


2:36

Berger


2:29

High Ridge


2:16

Quitman

n*

0:14

Biehle


2:22

Hillsboro

*

2:39

Rayville


2:35

Big Lake


2:29

Holt


2:35

Rea


2:01

Bigelow


2:25




Renick


1:31

Bismarck


1:49

Holts Summit


2:36

Rhineland


2:32

Blackwater


2:37

Houstonia


2:11

Richmond


2:32

Bland


2:20

Hughesville


2:03

Ridgely


2:26

Bloomsdale


2:40

Huntsville


1:07

Rocheport

*

2:39

Blue Springs

s*

0:52

Iatan


2:11

Rock Point


Bogard


2:31

Imperial


2:20

RockPort


1:33

Bolckow


1:56

Independence

s

1:10

Rosendale


2:11

Bonne Terre


2:26

Innsbrook


1:50

Rothville


0:49

Boonville

*

2:39

Jackson


1:50

Russellville


2:00

Bosworth


2:21

Jamestown


2:35

Salisbury


1:52

Bourbon


2:20

Jefferson City


2:29

Savannah


2:26

Braymer


2:27

Kansas City

s*

see below

Scott City

s*

1:06

Breckenridge


1:56

Kearney


2:28

Sedalia

s

1:31

Brunswick


2:17

Kelso

s*

0:31

Sedgewickville


1:59

Buckner


1:56

Keytesville


2:02

Sibley


2:07

Bunceton


2:26

Kidder


2:15

Silver Lake


2:24

California


2:16

King City


1:44

Skidmore


1:25

Camden Point


2:21

Kingdom City


2:21

Slater


2:37

Cameron


2:27

Kingston


Smithton


1:39

Cape Girardeau

s

1:40

Kirkwood


1:30

Smithville


2:20

Carrollton

*

2:37

Knob Noster

s*

0:54

Smithville Reservoir


2:20

Cedar Hill


2:34

La Monte


1:27

St. Louis

n*

see below

Centertown


2:23

Lake Mykee Town


2:38

St. Clair

*

2:40

Centralia


1:42

Lake St. Louis


0:43

St. Cloud


2:26

Chamois

*

2:39

Lathrop

*

2:39

St. Francois SP


2:18

Chesterfield


1:24

Lawson


2:37

St. Joe SP


 

Chillicothe

n

1:14

Lewis and Clark Village


2:19

St. Joseph

*

2:38

Clark


1:46

Lexington


2:26

St. Martins


2:23



Liberty


2:04

St. Mary


2:40



Linn


2:32

Ste. Genevieve


2:40

Clarksburg


2:14

Lithium


2:39

Stanberry

n*

Clarksdale


2:30

Lock Springs


1:24

Steelville

s

1:14

Clifton Hill


1:30

Lohman


2:13

Stewartsville


2:34

Columbia

*

2:37

Longtown


2:33

Sturgeon


1:51

Concordia


2:12

Ludlow


2:13

Sullivan


2:32

Corning


2:12

Lupus


2:39

Sumner


1:27

Cosby


2:30

Maitland


1:54

Sweet Springs


2:19

Cowgill


2:34

Marshall

*

2:39

Syracuse


1:59

Craig


2:18




Taos


2:25

Creve Coeur


0:55

Marthasville


2:22

Tarkio

n

0:56

Crystal City


2:36

Maryland Heights

n*

Tina


2:17

Crystal Lakes


2:34

Maysville


2:11

Tipton

2:04

Cuba


1:45

McBaine

*

2:40

Trimble


2:31

Dalton


2:13

Mehlville


1:46

Triplett


2:08

De Soto

*

2:40

MeremecSP


Truxton

n*

0:15

De Witt


2:27

Meta


1:29

Turney


2:37

Dearborn


2:29

Mexico

n

1:20

Union


2:37

Desloge


2:20

Miami


2:34

Utica


1:44

Dover


2:34

Mineral Point


2:19

Vienna


Edgerton


2:32

Miramiguoa Park


Villa Ridge


2:31

Edmund BablerMem SP


Moberly

n*

0:46

Wardsville


2:17

Eureka


2:15

Mokane

*

2:40

Warrenton


1:50

Excelsior Springs


2:30

Montgomery City


1:41

Washington


2:28

Fairfax


1:45

Mooresville


1:53

Washington SP


Farmington


2:12

Morrison


2:38

Watson


1:20

Fayette


2:32

Mound City


2:20

Weatherby


1:57

Fenton


1:56

Nelson


2:36

Wellsville


1:10

Festus


2:37

New Bloomfield


Wentzville

n

1:02

Foristell

1:22

New Florence

1:55

Weston

2:04

Fortescue


2:32

New Franklin

*

2:39

Westphalia


2:19

Franklin

*

2:40

New Haven


2:32

Wheeling


0:30

Fredericktown

s*

1:19

New Melle


Wildwood


2:00

Frohna


2:35

Norborne

*

2:39

Winston


1:59




Oak Grove


1:18

Wright City


1:27

Fulton


2:34

Oakville


1:54


Gallatin

n

1:22

Odessa


1:41





O'Fallon n*




SPECIAL NOTE for those in St. Louis and Kansas City. Your cities are RIGHT on the edges of totality! It is OK to stay inside the city, but you will NOT see totality unless you position yourself very carefully:

In KC, you need to be as far north as you can get - NOT downtown!
In STL, you need to be as far south as you can get - NOT downtown! Simple as that!


IOWA

There are no cities in the path, and only a very small corner in the SW of the state is in totality. Get to Missouri, and see the show!

ILLINOIS

location

code

duration


location

code

duration


location

code

duration

Alto Pass

2:39

Elizabethtown

2:29

Mounds

1:19

Anna


2:33

Elkville


2:20

Murphysboro

*

2:38

Ava


2:34

Equality


1:32

New Athens


1:48



Evansville


2:33

Olmsted

Olmsted


2:01

Baldwin Lake


Freeburg


1:11

Pinckneyville


1:59

Belknap


2:32

Fults


2:35

Prairie du Rocher


2:38

Belleville

n*

0:14

Galatia


1:34

Pulaski


1:57

Benton


1:24

Giant City SP


2:40

Pyramid SP


2:18

Buncombe


2:40

Golconda

*

2:40

Red Bud


2:21

Cahokia


0:48

Goreville

*

2:40

Rend Lake

n*

Campbell Hill


2:33

Gorham


2:40

Ridgway

n*

0:30

Carbondale

*

2:38

Grand Tower


2:37

Rosiclare


2:34

Carrier Mills


2:14

Harrisburg


1:57

Ruma


2:31

Carterville


2:31

Hecker


2:04

Sesser

n

1:02

Cave-in-Rock


2:19

Herrin


2:23

Shawneetown


1:12

Cedar Lake

*

Jonesboro


2:32

Simpson

*

2:40

Chester

*

2:40

Joppa


2:24

Sparta


2:17

Christopher


1:51

Junction


1:17

St. Libory


0:59

Cobden


2:38

Karnak


2:28

Stonefort


2:30

Coulterville


1:55

Kaskaskia


2:40

Tamaroa


1:16

Crab Orchard Lake


2:20

Kinkaid Lake


Tamms


1:54

Creal Springs


2:34

Lake of Egypt


2:38

Thebes


1:21

Cypress


2:33

Makanda


2:40

Tilden


1:56

De Soto


2:31

Marion


2:27

Ullin

Ullin


2:12

Dongola


2:26

Marissa


1:55

Vergennes


2:27

Du Quoin


2:02

Metropolis


2:23

Vienna


2:39

E St. Louis

n*

Mill Creek


2:19



Eddyville


2:36

Millstadt


1:29

W. Frankfort


1:57

Eldorado


1:18

Mound City

s

1:18

Waterloo


2:11

 

KENTUCKY

location

code

duration

location

code

duration

location

code

duration


Adairville

*

2:39

Franklin

2:27

MortonsGap


2:07

Allensville


2:40

Fredonia

*

2:39

Nebo


1:50

Auburn


2:15

Gamaliel


1:24

Oak Grove


2:31

Axe Lake

s

Paducah


2:21

Barlow

s

1:22

Grand Rivers


2:30

Pembroke


2:39

Barren River Lake

n*

Greenville


1:44



Benton


1:57

Guthrie


2:38

Powderly


1:30

Bowling Green

n*

0:47

Hanson


1:09

Princeton

*

2:40

Cadiz


2:33

Hendron


2:11

Providence


1:59

Calvert City


2:28

Hopkinsville

*

2:40

Rochester

n*

0:24

Carrsville


2:36

Russellville


2:28

Central City

n*

0:47

Kentucky Lake


Salem

*

2:40

Clay


1:45




Scottsville


1:47

Crofton


2:34

Kevil


1:57

Smithland


2:36

Dawson Springs


2:31

Kuttawa


2:38

St. Charles


2:22

Dixon

n

1:03

La Center


1:44

St. Elmo


2:35

Drakesboro


1:14

Lake Barkley


Sturgis


1:45

Dycusburg

*

2:40

Lake Barkley Resort SP


2:26

Tompkinsville

n*



Earlington


2:03

Lewisburg


2:12

Trenton


2:39

Eddyville

*

2:39

Madisonville


1:48

Wheatcroft


1:46

Elkton

*

2:39

Marion


2:32

White Plains


2:10

Fairview (Christian Co.)

2:40

Massac

1:55

Woodburn


2:03

Fountain Run


1:19







 

TENNESSEE

location

code

duration

location

code

duration

location

code

duration


Adams

2:37

Farragut

1:25

Nashville

s*

1:56


Alcoa

n

1:33

Friendsville

1:58

Niota


2:39


Alexandria

2:33

Gainesboro

2:20

Nolensville

s*

0:39


Algood

2:28

Gallatin

*

2:40

Oak Ridge

n*

0:17


Ashland City

1:50

Gatlinburg

n*

0:00

Oakdale

1:52


Athens

2:35

Goodlettsville


Oliver Springs

n*

0:34


Auburntown

2:14

Gordonsville

*

2:40

Orlinda

2:39


Baxter

2:38

Graysville

2:08

Philadelphia

2:30


Brentwood

s*

0:59

Greenback

2:20

Pikeville

2:25


Carthage

2:39

Greenbrier

2:35

Pleasant View

2:18


Cedar Hill

2:37

Harriman

2:04

Portland

2:37


Cedars of Lebanon SP

2:20

Hartsville

2:38

Red Boiling Springs

2:03


Celina

n

1:02

Hendersonville

2:31

Ridgetop

2:33


Center Hill Lake

Hopewell

1:35

Rockford

n*

0:57


Charleston

2:04

J Percy Priest Res

2:01

Rockwood

2:25


Clarksville

2:18

Kingston

2:12

Rural Hill

s*

1:43


Cleveland

s*

1:02

Kingston Springs

s*

Slayden

s*

0:08


Cookeville

2:33

La Vergne

1:38

Smoky Mtns NP

n*

2:01


Coopertown

2:28

Lafayette

2:20

Smyrna


1:32


Copperhill

1:34

Lake Tansi

2:38

Soddy-Daisy s*

0:00


Cordell Hull Lake

Lebanon

2:35

Sparta

*

2:39


Crab Orchard

2:27

Lenoir City

2:05

Spencer

2:27


Crossville

2:33

Liberty

2:29

Spring City

*

2:39


Cumberland City

s*

0:50

Livingston

1:39

Springfield

2:37


Dayton

2:21

Loudon

2:20

Standing Stone SP


1:31


Decatur

2:34

Louisville


1:25

Sunbright

n*

0:00


Dover

s*

0:54

Madisonville

*

2:38

Sweetwater

2:37


Dowelltown

2:32

Maryville

1:39

Tellico Lake

0:00


Doyle

2:34

McMinnville

1:46

Tellico Plains

2:38


Dunlap

s*

0:39

Midtown

2:14

Townsend

1:29


Eagleton Village

1:13

Millersville

2:33

Walterhill


1:45


Edgar Evins SP

2:39

Mitchellville

2:34

Wartburg

n

1:15


Englewood

2:37

Monterey


2:24

Watertown

2:32


Etowah

2:28

Morrison

s*

0:20

Westmoreland

2:28


Fairfield Glade

2:19

Mt. Juliet


2:24

White House

2:39


Fall Creek Falls SP


2:23
Murfreesboro s* 0:51
Woodbury
1:50

 

GEORGIA

location

code

duration


location

code

duration

Baldwin

s*

0:44

Helen

1:40

Blairsville

1:58

Hiawasee

2:27

Blue Ridge

s*

0:19

Lake Burton

Carnesville

0:59

Martin

1:54

Clarkesville

1:43

McCaysville

1:33

Clayton

2:35

Morganton

s*

1:10

Cleveland

s*

0:35

Nottely Lake

Cornelia

s*

0:59

Royston

s*

0:42



Sky Valley

*

2:38

Demorest

s

1:22

Tallulah Falls

2:22

Dillard

*

2:38

Tiger

2:31

Gumlog

2:05

Toccoa

1:59

Hartwell

1:52

Young Harris

2:19

Hartwell Lake

1:52

 

NORTH CAROLINA

location

code

duration

Andrews

*

2:39

Brevard

n*

1:05

Bryson City


2:00

Cashiers


2:23

Chatuge Lake


Cullowhee


1:57

Dillsboro


1:50

Fontana Lake


Franklin


2:31

Hayesville


2:33

Highlands


2:33

Hiwassee Lake


2:18

Lake Santeetlah


2:34

Maggie Valley

n*

Murphy


2:27

Robbinsville


2:35

Rosman


1:54

Smoky Mtns NP

n*

Sylva


1:45

Webster


1:50

 

SOUTH CAROLINA

location

code

duration


location

code

duration


location

code

duration

Abbeville

2:12

Hanahan

1:56

Pinewood

2:27

Anderson

2:33

Harleyville

2:12

Plum Branch

s*

0:17

Andrews

2:01

Hartwell Lake

2:30

Pomaria

2:24

Antreville

2:19

Hodges

2:32

Powderville

2:26

Awendaw

2:33

Holly Hill

2:27

Princeton

*

2:37

Bamberg

s

1:13

Honea Path

*

2:36

Promised Land

2:15

Batesburg-Leesville

2:30

Irmo

2:29

Privateer

2:13

Belton

*

2:37

Isle of Palms

1:56

Prosperity

2:33

Blackville

s*

0:23

Iva

2:10

Rembert

1:22

Blythewood

1:55

Jamestown

s

2:30

Ridgeville

2:03

Bonneau

2:35

Joanna

2:28

Ridgeway

1:25

Bowman

2:15

Johnston

2:00

Rowesville

2:06

Bradley

2:01

Kingstree

s

1:44

Salem

2:36

Branchville

1:38

Ladson

2:05

Salley

1:57

Brookdale

2:25

Lake Jocassee

2:31

Saluda

2:28

Buffalo

0:58

Lake Keowee

*

2:33

Santee

2:35

Caesar's Head SP

2:30

Lake Marion

*

0:00

Santee SP

*

2:35

Calhoun Falls

s

1:18

Lake Moultrie

*

1:38

Seneca

2:35

Camden

n*

0:00

Lake Murray

*

2:33

Shiloh

n*

0:00

Cameron

2:33

Lakewood

0:00

Silverstreet

*

2:36

Carlisle

n

1:12

Lane

2:17

Simpsonville

2:18

Cayce

2:33




Slater-Marietta

1:44

Centerville

2:34

Laurens

2:30

Springfield

1:42

Central

*

2:38

Lexington

*

2:36

St. Andrews

2:29

Chapin

2:30

Liberty

2:34

St. George

1:52

Charleston

s

1:33

Little Mountain

2:30

Starr

2:19

Cherryvale

1:53

Livingston

2:12

Stateburg

2:01

Clemson

2:37

Lugoff

n

0:52

Summerton

2:32

Clinton

2:27

Lyman

0:56

Summerville

2:02

Columbia

2:30

Manning

2:17

Summit

2:34

Congaree Swamp NM

*

2:34

Martin

0:00

Sumter

1:46

Cope

1:47

Mauldin

2:16

Swansea

2:33

Cordova

2:10

Mayesville

n

0:53

Table Rock SP

2:05

Cottageville

s*

0:00

McClellanville

*

2:33

Taylors

1:54

Cross Hill

*

2:37

Monarch Mill

n*

0:24

Dalzell

1:33

Moncks Corner

2:32

Travelers Rest

1:51

Denmark

s*

0:56

Monetta

2:19

Trenton

s*

1:28

Dentsville

2:19

Monticello Res

2:01

Turbeville

n

0:49

Donalds

2:35

Mountville

2:36

Union

n*

0:43

Due West

2:30

Mt. Pleasant

1:46

Vance

2:34

Duncan

1:08

Mt. Carmel

s*

0:55

Wagener

2:08

Easley

2:27

Neeses

2:08

Walhalla

2:38

Eastover

2:25

Newberry

2:32

Ward

2:12

Edgefield

s*

1:30

Ninety Six

2:32


Elgin

1:42

North

2:22

Ware Shoals

*

2:37

Elloree

2:35

North Charleston

1:49

Waterloo

*

2:37

Eutawville

2:34

Norway

1:51

Watts Mills

2:28

Fountain Inn

2:20

Orangeburg

2:21

Wellford

0:46

Gantt

2:23

Paris Mtn SP

1:59

West Union

2:37

Gaston

2:36

Pawley's Island

n*

0:40

Westminster

2:30

Georgetown

1:47

Paxville

2:21

Whitmire

2:02

Gilbert

2:35

Peak

2:21

Williamston

2:37

Goose Creek

2:11

Pelion

2:30

Willington

s*

0:44

Gray Court

2:25

Pendleton

2:37

Winnsboro

n

1:21

Greeleyville

2:17

Perry

2:08

Winnsboro Mills

1:28

Greenville

2:12

Pickens

2:27

Woodford

2:28

Greenwood

2:28

Piedmont

2:33

Woodruff

1:57

Greer

1:27


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