An eclipse happens when the moon moves between the earth and the sun, perfectly blocking the suns rays from reaching the earth. For Astronomy Enthusiasts in this country, the best view, if the weather behaves, will be just before 8pm this evening in the west of ireland and north west scotland. But it is in North America that the excitement is mounting. Nomia iqbaljoins us from texas. Good morning, reeta. When we got here it was pitch black so i felt like we had a slight preview of what was to come. It is early in the morning here in texas, just after 7am, but we are in the Path Of Totality, so later on today, about one point for 0 pmi time, seven point for 0 in the evening your time, this part of texas will be plunged into darkness, so everyone is pretty excited. Slight curve ball, though, i keep looking at the skies, yesterday was very clear and sunny, but there is predicted to be some cloud coverage, which could affect things. But no one is allowing that to put them off, everyone is
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