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>> there it is. total eclipse in casper, wyoming. >> at this point take filters all right cam that they will see the corona. >> you see it -- there it is. >> there you go. >> yeah. explain why that corona now has appeared? >> the corona is -- very, very faint. relative to the rest of the sun. so even though its always there, we cant see it, because were blinded by sunlight. that would be true on the ground. true in space. true anywhere. but once that corona is cut off by that occulting disc, the...

Cross the united states in almost a century will be in ten hours. people have been traveling to states like oregon, they will have the very best views. our miguel marquez hit the road to see how many are planning to celebrate and watch this eclipse. >> countdown to total eclipse coast to coast. >> this is the sun and this is the eclipse. this is the moon and it goes directly at it and then makes it totally dark. repo >> reporter: in its path, an astronomical celebration from or t.o. south caroli...

About 200 years before christopher columbus was even born. wolf? >> its a lot, a lot of time weve waited for this moment right now, david. you see whats going on. you see 99 years since the eclipse, a total eclipse has gone all across the united states. >> reporter: thats right. >> the last time a total eclipse but not all across the united states? >> a number of great ones. saw a great one in march 1970. it came up the east coast and went right across nantucket island. and that was my first tot...

Bonnie tyler will sing on a cruise ship during the eclipse but sing here on cnn first. really. ♪ once upon a time there was light in my life but now theres only love in the dark ♪ ♪ nothing i can say total eclipse of the heart ♪ just like that? izon, uh-huh. i switched to t-mobile, kept my phone-everything on it- -oh, they even paid it off! wow! yeah. its nice that every bad decision doesnt have to be permenant! ditch verizon. keep your phone. well even pay it off when you switch to amer...

Total solar eclipse, your phone rings off the hook. your youtube video gets thousands of new hits. your essentially the voice of solar eclipses, correct? >> yeah, but total eclipse of the hard is an evergreen heart, all year through, not just on eclipse. its a powerful ballad, and everybody loves to sing it. you know? its number one karaoke song. yeah, gets more attention i suppose with the total eclipse of the sun. and ill see it in its totality later on in the afternoon. >> how do you think a ...

United states in 99 years. >> exactly. >> since 1918. the last time. the last total eclipse, not completely across the united states. >> exactly right. >> this is a moment were watching this total eclipse. this is in casper, wyoming. shortly -- well keep this picture up for viewers. tell viewers what to anticipate. >> at this point with the sun just now -- there it goes. thats the bead. theres the diamond ring effect. and now, of course, thats overexposing. put the filter back on. right. doing i...

>> chris hatfield, former commander of the international space station, an astronaut. just watching it as we all were, what was it like for you to see that total eclipse? >> its just really cool, wolf, to think that the united states is being followed by a moon shadow right now. its racing across the 2,000 miles an hour across the country, and high up in the air, there are two nasa pilots and two nasa engineers in a wb-57 that are going to chase it. try to keep up with that high-speed moving sha...

Impact on my former colleagues in the intelligence community and the many thousands of minority employees and how they must have felt with the ambiguity and a.m. by lens of the president when he had an opportunity and obligation to take a moral stand and he didnt. so i think that places even greater focus and emphasis on not only what he says tonight but how he says it. >> and he drew an equivalency with a group that people in your business spend a lot of time combating, violent right wing extre...

There are huge eruptions that cake place in the atmosphere. during total eclipse, you get such a good view of the atmosphere, better than the atmosphere, so it is the best time to observe the sun. >> there is also a warning, watch out. you cant look directly at the sun, lucy. if you do, you have to take these glasses off or whatever and put these glasses on. and i cant see you right now but i think thats good thing. if i can see a light bulb or something through these glasses, that would a probl...

Immensely personal, wolf. for the six crew up on the space station, they are right overhead fiji right at this moment, racing across the pacific. i know that all 12 of their eyes, all six of them have their eyes staring straight ahead in order to see as the shadow is crossing across the u.s. theyll make landfall in about 15, 20 minutes, and will have every camera they can get, every sensor, so they can get as much science out of possible, but not to miss the personal experience to seeing misso r...