SOLAR ECLIPSE TO BE VISIBLE MONDAY.Byline: Staff and Wire Services A dazzling solar eclipse will be on display Monday across a broad swath of the Western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century , Mexico, Canada and Asia, with as much as 99 percent of the sun obscured by the moon. Barring any cloud cover, Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, residents will be able to view the eclipse in the western sky, between 5:13 and 7:23 p.m. The mid-eclipse period is at 6:20 p.m., when 70 percent of the sun will be covered by the moon. ``It's not every day that you can see this,'' said Griffith Observatory Griffith Observatory is located in Los Angeles, California, United States. Sitting on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in L.A.'s Griffith Park, it commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin, including downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the astronomer Patrick So. ``Take this opportunity to see it.'' However, astronomers recommend not looking directly at the sun without the aid of solar filters, which can be purchased for $7 at the observatory, located in Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. . Makeshift viewers can be made by punching a pinhole in a file card, holding it in front of another file card without a hole and projecting the light onto the card. A small mirror also can be used to reflect the light of the sun onto a wall. The early evening event is called an annular annular /an·nu·lar/ (an´u-ler) ring-shaped. an·nu·lar adj. Shaped like or forming a ring. annular ring-shaped. , or ring-shape, eclipse. Because the moon will be closer to Earth than during total eclipses, it will only partially cover the distant sun. It will be the last eclipse visible from the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. until 2005. The moon's shadow will follow an 8,700-mile path, racing eastward from Asia across the Pacific Ocean at 1,000 mph. In Asia, across the international dateline, the eclipse actually will occur Tuesday. |
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