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NASA covers the August 21 solar eclipse live from coast to coast, from unique vantage points on the ground and from aircraft and spacecraft, including the International Space Station.

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Something else rare to look for during the total eclipse is something called shadow bands or shadow snakes. Shadow bands are thin, wavy lines of alternating light and dark that can be seen moving and undulating in parallel on plain-colored surfaces immediately before and after a total solar eclipse Scientists still do not fully understand what causes shadow bands, but they only occur during the seconds leading up to and the seconds immediately following totality. This phenomenon doesn't happen during every eclipse, so it's not a guarantee to see them. However, if you set up a large white poster board, piece of plastic, or bed sheet at your eclipse viewing site, it's possible you may see them moving across the white surface.

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Some cool, and kind of weird, things that can happen during a full solar eclipse

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Something else rare to look for during the total eclipse is something called shadow bands or shadow snakes. Shadow bands are thin, wavy lines of alternating light and dark that can be seen moving and undulating in parallel on plain-colored surfaces immediately before and after a total solar eclipse Scientists still do not fully understand what causes shadow bands, but they only occur during the seconds leading up to and the seconds immediately following totality.

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Salem, Oregon Area 2017 Eclipse Information

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For the first time since 1979, a total solar eclipse will be visible from the contiguous United States. Because this could be a once-in-a-lifetime event for many people, there might be questions regarding what the eclipse means and what will happen. We've compiled a short list of things that will and will not happen during the solar eclipse.

3 Things That Won't Happen

The Eclipse Won't Knock Out the Electrical System
While you may experience degraded cell signal due to the number of people in the area during the eclipse, it won't knock out the power grid.

The Sewer System in Salem Won't Have Problems
If you are concerned about overflowing sewers due to the influx of people, don't be. During the summer, the City's wastewater treatment system handles around 30 million gallons/day of a total 205 million gallon/day capacity.

The World Won't End
Nopity, nope, nope, nope. Not going to happen. The world may very well end one day, but it won't be because of the eclipse on August 21, 2017. Total solar eclipses are actually fairly common. Every 18 months or so, a total solar eclipse occurs somewhere in the world. This time around, it happens to occur in the sky above the United States. Remember that to the rest of the world outside the US, it's just another Monday (or Tuesday).

3 Things That Will Happen

The Air Temperature Will Drop
According to this article on Space.com, the air temperature could drop 10 degrees during the Moon's transit across the disk of the Sun.

Birds Could Stop Chirping
Once it gets dark, birds naturally assume that night must be here. They'll head back to their nest or get ready to roost for the night.

You'll see the Sun's Corona
When the eclipse is in totality, you'll see the atmosphere of the sun called the corona, which according to Eclipse2017.org looks like, "... as if someone is smearing wispy-white cotton candy all around the impossibly black hole that's been cut out of the fabric of the blue-black sky..."

Click here to read their fantastic description of what you'll see during the eclipse.

We hope this answers some of your questions regarding the eclipse. While you're on this site, check out these other useful articles:

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For the first time since 1979, a total solar eclipse will be visible from the contiguous United States. Because this could be a once-in-a-lifetime event for many people, there might be questions regarding what the eclipse means and what will happen. We've compiled a short list of things that will and will not happen during...

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13 bizarre things that can happen during a solar eclipse

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Check out this list of wacky, and scientific, phenomena during a solar eclipse.