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Palatable to us intellectually but that same send of wonder is there. the crew 69 space station just south of australia but its only going to take them about a half hour to be back over the united states. across the pacific, and they will then have a chance as they arc up and crest the northern states, to look for that shadow crossing across. the kentucky and tennessee, they have the longest periods of totality. where the shadow slows down the most. they get over 2.5 minutes of totality and arou...

Were going to experience about 80% of that eclipse. >> right. >> what will that be like? >> in may be some some percepti change in the color of the sky. the air is so humid we wouldnt sense a temperature change. just being able to see it and enjoy it i think is a tremendous triumph. >> even if youre outside, that 100% totality, you still have to take the precautions with the special glasses? >> especially. especially. the moment of totality is the only time you can take your glasses off. any oth...

Donkey. >> shepard: nice. >> lots of pets. also interesting ideas for how to make your own eclipse glasses. this is not safe. this guy punched out the shades and put them together in a box. >> still not good. >> points for creativity. >> this was taken by my friend in idaho. she says to the naked eye, that was dark. >> shepard: thats the alien space craft. >> that explains it. she said the dog was going crazy. he curled up and periodically barking and going back to barking. >> shepard: thats fin...

Cooperating in much of the country. for those of you not in the path of the solar eclipse, fear not, you will be seeing a partial eclipse. we have teams fanned out all over the country, we also have astro physicists and former astronauts to help us break down what we will be seeing this afternoon. this is similar important, we will not be looking directly at it. lets start with our man there in south carolina, "today" show co-host al roker standing by there for us in charleston harbor, mr. roker...

♪ taking care of business . and a good afternoon to you. welcome to an event 99 years in the making. im craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york. and for the next two plus hours, well be bringing you live coverage of the first solar eclipse since 1918 to travel the full length of this country and it has already started in the westernmost parts of oregon. a live look there, people gathering across the country, to witness this historic event, which should, it should in just over two...

♪ steve: well, it is the monday america has been waiting for. millions flocking to witness a once in a lifetime event. ainsley: your questions are pouring in. here to answer them live from greenville, south carolina the path of todays total eclipse is janice dean, along with thomas riddle riddle of the mountain roper science center. hey, janice. janice: hi. thomas is here. how excited are you? >> oh, we were super excited. for you was its like the super bowl in the world series all rolled up i...

Gadi schwartz is in central, wyoming. and we understand that totality there is going to be, lets see, what, around 1:45? give it to me. what is it? >> its going to be about -- its going to be about two-and-a-half minutes, too. a while ago you heard a murmur from the crowd because the sun and moon are starting align. you throw these on, you cant see anything else other than the sun. but behind me, you can see this ridge starting to fill in with a lot of different people. and as we look out, you c...

The south. so you cant do that. as the legend grows about these eclipses for hundreds of years youve read about these things and a lot of people used to believe that they were precursors of evil because in the beginning of the eclipse, you see the snake like shadowy figures on the ground. a lot of people thought that was a sign of evil and so they would always have these big seminars and these praying circles in the wakes of these eclipses. you should finally know, shep, you should really enjoy ...

Were following final preparations for todays total solar eclipse just hours away now. 12.2 million americans live in the path of totality. thats the line across the nation where the moon will completely block the suns light. we have our intrepid team of reporters across the country and if youre wondering where stephanie ruhle is this hour, shes out in south carolina. well get taher. first, i want to go to nbc news investigative correspondent jeff rossen in new york where i was saying earlier tod...

Sort of like how stars twinkle. if you look under just the right conditions you can see these big wavy bands of life on the ground. not always. you can see those, like snakes of light slivering across the ground. im curious to see if any of the people across the country got the right combination of everything so they got see that extremely rare and bizarre effect from a xlps xlsolar ecli >> saw that in casper, wyoming. moving towards beatrice, nebraska. live pictures from there as well. we have ...