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CELESTIAL ANIMATION: Preview the Great American Solar Eclipse

Detailed view of the solar corona during an eclipse

Here's how you might see the "Great American Eclipse" as an astronaut, orbiting in the vast space between Earth and our moon.

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Where to Watch the Eclipse in the Bay Area

Eclipse watchers at Foothill College in Los Altos. CA during 2014's partial solar eclipse.

If you're in the Bay Area on Monday, August 21, you can walk out the door and see the 75 percent eclipse here. Just don't look directly at it without safety glasses!

Eclipse Scientists Probe the Mysteries of the Sun's Atmosphere

August 21 could possibly become the single greatest scientific-data-collecting day in American history.

California's Grid Prepares for Solar Power to Be Eclipsed

Even the partial eclipse in California will mean a major drop in the solar power supply.

Help Make History: Eclipse Projects for Citizen Scientists

Illustration of man and woman photographing eclipse

You can watch animals to see how they behave, record sounds, or take photos for a movie by Google and UC Berkeley.

Don't Be in the Dark! All You Need to Know About the Eclipse

Moon between NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Sun

Americans will celebrate the first total solar eclipse in 99 years to cross the U.S. from coast to coast. Don't miss KQED's live coverage at kqed.org/eclipse. And, be sure to watch NOVA's "Eclipse Over America" on August 21 at 9pm on KQED 9 and streaming online.

Support of KQED Science is provided by HopeLab, the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, the Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation, the Vadasz Family Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Smart Family Foundation and the members of KQED.