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Looking at live pictures coming in right now from missouri, blackwell, sinclair, where in a few minutes the skies will go completely dark, as the moon eclipses the sun. welcome back to our special coverage. also joining us is chad myers, stephanie elam, david did voccen, chris hatfield. chaz, whats happening now? >> we just lost totality over casper, north of cheyenne, almost into scottsbluff, nebraska, grand island, wood river, aurora, back towards lincoln, then finally sliding off into mo. wer...

>> what? >> what? >> oh, my gosh. >> live pictures showing viewers now. live pictures of this total eclipse in oregon. this is from lincoln city, oregon right now. you can see. you can see how the moon is really blocking the sun. you know, the smithsonian air and space museum, david, when you see this what goes through your mind? >> wow. the first word that goes through. but really, the prominences, theres three beautiful prominences. they are in the upper right, and you can see bits of the inne...

Sky right now. how, if at all, does this total eclipse the path moving across the united states affect them? >> well, it doesnt affect them, but theyre not going to keep up. because even, i was coming back from vegas on saturday, we got a ground speed of about 575 miles per hour. you have to go three times faster than that to keep up with the shadow. maybe a brief encounter with the shadow. gets dark. able to see the wing theres in the dark and the lights on the end of the wings shining like the...

Are you in the path of totality? >> reporter: i like that voice, chris. yes, i am in the path of totality. now, will we be able to totally see it? that is the big question. if you look behind me we totally have clouds right now, its supposed to get more cloudy later on here in the kansas city area. we will keep our eyes on t as you can also see that is not deterring the expected 15,000 people who are expected to come to this one airfield where we are, cars are already starting to come in, we see...

Are heading to those areas to try to catch a glimpse. the total eclipse will start around 10:00 a.m. pacific time and end on the east coast just before 3:00 p.m. eastern time. lets talk more about it with lucy green. lucy is a professor of physics at university college of london. good to have you with us. lucy, i know you wont see it there in the united kingdom. a lot of people in the state excited about this. help the viewers understand the significance of this event. it is described as a once ...

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There? >> jerry lewis. in the coming hours, th dayl turn briefly tonight. millions of americans will watch this happen. more on the solar eclipse next.

And important processes are taking place. >> this total eclipse will last minutes, about, and slowly all of a sudden the sun re-appears? >> exactly right. >> it will re-appear quickly. in that, whats called a baileys bead, the bright portion of the sun coming back and the contrast is so great it overpowers the corona. thats all you see. sort of like a diamond ring effect, its called. >> so if on the ground now in casper, wyoming, its dark. >> oh, yeah, yeah. >> you might get confused and think i...

>> it does. we have been planning for over a year. you never know what its going to be like. we have been blessed with a glorious day today. janice: yes. tell us about peoples viewing. i mean, a lot of people are asking can i take a selfie during the eclipse? whats your advice? >> put your devices down. enjoy this as its meant to be enjoyed with your eyes. can you take all the pictures in the world. can you look at it and stay inside and look at the television. but nothing is going to replace se...

Take it all in, its requesting t going to be amazing. start to eclipse a little after 1:00 our time. the whole process last three hours. dark, a little cooler, stars will come out. observe the stars. take it all in. take aside three hours of your life relax and enjoy. janice: you tell me, there is a certain window of time where we can take off the protective glasses but i want you to explain it to me because its very dangerous to watch this without your glasses. >> absolutely. we have been preac...