Total Eclipse of the Sun

On August 21, 2017 a spectacular total eclipse of the sun by the moon will occur along a path that will vivisect the United States from North to South starting in Oregon and ending in South Carolina. It's a spectacular event and an amazing opportunity for Americans to experience this most power phenomenon of nature. And, for one, am already plotting my participation.

The path of the total eclipse is long, but narrow. Beyond it's edges exists a very large swath of partial eclipse with a waning drama the further away from the center of the event that you go. The partial eclipse will be visible across all of North America, Central America and even some of South America.

But lets go where the money shots are.

Beginning at 17:17 hours GMT: Cutler City, Lincoln County OREGON,
17:21 GMT: Antelope, Wasco County OREGON,
17:25 GMT: Bridgeport, Baker County OREGON,
17:29 GMT: Obsidian, Custer County IDAHO,
17:33 GMT: Monteview, Jefferson County IDAHO,
17:37 GMT: Sheep Mountain, Teton County WYOMING,
17:41 GMT: Moneta, Fremont County WYOMING,
17:45 GMT: Glenrock, Converse County WYOMING,
17:49 GMT: Agate, Souix County NEBRASKA,
17:53 GMT: Hyannis, Grant County NEBRASKA,









17:57 GMT: Milton, Custer County NEBRASKA,
18:01 GMT: Grafton, Fillmore County NEBRASKA,
18:05 GMT: Pawnee City, Pawnee County NEBRASKA,
18:09 GMT: Osborne, Clinton County MISSOURI,
18:13 GMT: New Franklin, Howard County MISSOURI,
18:17 GMT: St. Clair, Franklin County, MISSOURI,
18:21 GMT: Gorham, Jackson County, ILLINOIS,
18:25 GMT: Eddyville, Lyon County, KENTUCKY,
18:29 GMT: Cross Plains, Robertson County TENNESSEE,
18:33 GMT: Watts Bar Dam, Rhea County TENNESSEE,
18:37 GMT: Scaly, Macon County NORTH CAROLINA,
18:41 GMT: Saluda, Saluda County SOUTH CAROLINA,
18:45 GMT: Vance, Orangeburg County SOUTH CAROLINA,
18:47 GMT: Bull Bay, Charleston County SOUTH CAROLINA.

West to east, the 2017 total eclipse will also be experiences by people living in some moderate to large cities. So if you live in Salem or Corvalis, Oregon; Boise or Idaho Falls, Idaho; Jackson Hole or Casper, Wyoming; Scottsbluff, Grand Island, or Lincoln, Nebraska; Kansas City, Kansas; Kansas City, Jefferson City, Columbia, or St. Louis, Missouri; East St. Louis or Carbondale, Illinois; Paducah or Bowling Green, Kentucky; Nashville or Knoxville, Tennessee; and Greenville, Columbia, Orangeburg or Charleston, South Carolina you don't have to go any farther than your front or back door.

For the rest of us some planning is store.