Two Minutes of Darkness
On August 21, an eclipse will sweep across the United States, from the redwood forests of Oregon to the shores of South Carolina. Read The Atlantic’s coverage here.
So, Eclipse Boomtowns, How’d It Go?
“I think I can speak for the rest of the city staff in that we wish there were a way we could host one of these once a year.”
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Great American Eclipse Hangover
Hundreds of thousands of people are leaving the path of totality in the afterglow of the astronomical event.
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Howard Burditt / Reuters The Foreign Places an Eclipse Can Take You
One of the great joys of an eclipse is when it pushes you out of your way.
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Beawiharta Beawiharta / Reuters The King of Totality
A veteran astronomer describes more than 60 years’ worth of memories from inside the moon’s shadow.
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Alexey Rotanov / Vladimir Wrangel / Shutterstock / ... America in the Shadows
The nation’s dogged attempts to chase eclipses follow its own haphazard maturation.
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Yoray Liberman / Getty Offbeat Ways to Enjoy the Total Eclipse
Readers plan to take in the eclipse using psychedelic drugs, boat trips, and other diversions.
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Courtesy of Pat Rawlings What Would the Solar Eclipse Look Like From the Moon?
A space artist dreamed up the experience in a painting in 1989, nearly three decades before the actual event.
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Erick Christian Ahounou / AP A Family Vacation to See the Eclipse
Traveling into the moon’s shadow with loved ones
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Yomiuri Yomiuri / Reuters American Marketing Casts Its Shadow
The “Great American Eclipse” is a showcase for great (and sometimes not great) American branding efforts.
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Sergei Karpukhin American Blackout
A tour of the solar eclipse’s path reveals a nation that fought to maintain a different sort of totality.
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Library of Congress Will Trump Take Notice of the Eclipse?
Previous presidents and political leaders have joined in the rare cosmic spectacle, but the president has no eclipse plans so far.
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Edgar Su / Reuters The Procrastinator’s Guide to Cosmic Marvel
So you want to see the total eclipse ...
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Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters Is the Solar Eclipse a Message From God?
Some communities are anticipating the two-minute astronomical event through the lens of faith.
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Yannis Behrakis / Reuters The Eclipse Conspiracy
Something doesn’t add up.
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Albeiro Lopera / Reuters Should You Try to Take a Photo of the Total Eclipse?
The cosmic event may be fleeting, but your friends’ reactions will be worth capturing.
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What Scientists Have Learned From Eclipses
Under the moon’s shadow, humans have created both grand myths and scientific breakthroughs.
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Send Us Your Eclipse Viewing Party Pictures
On August 21, the Great American Eclipse will sweep the country from coast to coast, covering the land below in…
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Khaled Desouki / Stringer / Getty Small Towns Prepare to Cash In for the Solar Eclipse
People are charging astronomical prices to rent out their homes for those chasing the moon’s shadow.
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AP The Blue-Collar Eclipse
Finally, a spectacular celestial sight is accessible to all Americans, not just affluent globetrotters.
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Olga Dar / ostill / Shutterstock / Zak ... The Eclipse as Dark Omen
America’s skies are set to dim at a strange hour of its history.
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New York Public Library The Eclipse That Made America Great
The solar eclipse of 1878 was a chance for the young nation’s scientists to finally shine.
