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🗓️ 21 August 2017
⏱️ 28 minutes
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For the first time in almost 100 years the USA is experiencing a full solar eclipse from coast to coast on August 21st 2017.
Main image: Totality during the solar eclipse at Palm Cove on November 14, 2012 in Palm Cove, Australia. Credit: Ian Hitchcock / Getty Images
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1:06.1 | We're in totality. |
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