‘Our three-year-old can’t get enough’: US families traveling to see the eclipse

Parents share their plans for watching the total solar eclipse on Monday, from a trip to a tiger sanctuary to a Vampire Weekend concert in TexasThe moon will completely block the face of the sun on Monday and, for a few minutes, people in the US, Mexico and Canada will experience a total solar eclipse.The alignment between the sun and the moon has to be precise and this gives rise to a narrow track of totality – roughly 71 miles (115km) across – from which the total eclipse can be seen.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Solar eclipses US news Space World news Source Type: news