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Watch Live: NASA Livestream of Solar Eclipse Sweeping Across the US
A total solar eclipse is set to move across the United States Monday afternoon with the path of totality sweeping from Texas up to Maine.
The “path of totality” is the track the moon’s shadow will follow across Earth. Areas within the eclipse’s roughly 125-mile-wide path of totality will be covered in total darkness for varying amounts of time. Outside of this path, people will only view a partial eclipse.
The Chicago area will see a partial solar eclipse starting around 12:51 p.m. through 3:22 p.m. Maximum coverage, which for the area will be 94%, is set to take place in Chicago at 2:07 p.m., according to the Adler Planetarium.
Watch above as scientists from NASA breakdown the eclipse live as it sweeps across the country.
Read More:
- The Great American Eclipse: Your Guide to the Upcoming Solar Show in Chicago, Downstate Illinois and Everywhere Else
- Traveling for the Eclipse? IDOT Says ‘Pack a 10-Gallon Tank of Patience’
- NOVA: Great American Eclipse
