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A total solar eclipse will occur this summer. Everything you need to know
- A total solar eclipse will occur on August 12, visible along a 5,157-mile path from the Arctic to northern Spain and Portugal.
- The event will bring a moment of darkness in Greenland, Iceland, Portugal and northern Spain as totality passes over the region.
- Experts warn that weather conditions are the greatest obstacle to a clear view of the eclipse.
- Safe viewing requires certified eclipse glasses or a handheld solar viewer during the event.
- Scientists will launch high-altitude balloons to study the Sun’s corona during the August eclipse.
- A livestream will share totality for viewers outside the eclipse path.
- The next total solar eclipse with coast-to-coast visibility in the Lower 48 will occur on August 12, 2045.
- The 2027 eclipse will pass over southern Spain, North Africa, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
- In the United States, the next opportunity to view totality from Alaska comes on March 30, 2033.
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