              APOD: 2017 August 19 - Total Solar Eclipse of 1979

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                                2017 August 19
                                      [2]
                         Total Solar Eclipse of 1979
  Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Jimmy Westlake [4] (Colorado Mountain College
                                    [5] )

Explanation: From cold, clear skies over Riverton, Manitoba, Canada, planet
Earth, the solar corona surrounds the silhouette of the New Moon in this
telescopic snapshot of the total solar eclipse of February 26, 1979. Thirty
eight years ago, it was the last total solar eclipse [6]  visible from the
contiguous United States. The narrow path of totality ran through the
northwestern states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and North Dakota
before crossing into Canadian provinces Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and
Quebec. Following the upcoming August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse [7]
crossing the U.S. from coast to coast, an annular solar eclipse will be seen
in the continental United States on October 14, 2023, visible along a route
from Northern California to Florida. Then, the next total solar eclipse [8]
to touch the continental U.S. will track across 13 states from from Texas to
Maine on April 8, 2024.

                      Tomorrow's picture: eclipse eve [9]

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