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The Day the Sun Went Dark
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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The solar eclipse: 'The world is feeling very strange right now'
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What does the sun look like during an eclipse?
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- Mon 21 Aug 2017 19:32GMT成人快手 World Service except News Internet
- Tue 22 Aug 2017 02:32GMT成人快手 World Service Americas and the Caribbean
- Tue 22 Aug 2017 04:32GMT成人快手 World Service except Americas and the Caribbean, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
- Tue 22 Aug 2017 06:32GMT成人快手 World Service East and Southern Africa
- Tue 22 Aug 2017 13:32GMT成人快手 World Service Australasia
- Sun 27 Aug 2017 01:32GMT成人快手 World Service except News Internet
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