https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_21,_2017

On Monday, August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will be visible in totality within a band across the entire contiguous United States; it will only be visible in other countries as a partial eclipse.

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon’s apparent diameter is larger than the sun’s, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth’s surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometers wide.

The last time a total solar eclipse was visible across the entire contiguous United States was during the June 8, 1918 eclipse, and not since the February 1979 eclipse has a total eclipse been visible from anywhere in the mainland United States. The path of totality will touch 14 states (although a partial eclipse will be visible in all fifty states), and 16% of the area of the United States.[4] The event will begin on the Oregon coast as a partial eclipse at 9:06 a.m. PDT on August 21, and will end later that day as a partial eclipse along the South Carolina coast at about 4:06 p.m. EDT.

For the first time in 38 years (Hawaii, you don’t really count), a solar eclipse will be visible from the United States of America. For a such a historic event, a thread is required. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the thread for the 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse.

Warbler said:

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You Europeans can’t beat us now. This is the ultimate eclipse for the ages, and it might be the only good thing to happen to this nation this year! Make America… Eclipse Again?

#MAEA!