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What To Watch For During Today's Eclipse

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A family sets up a tent at their campsite at sunrise for the solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, on the Orchard Dale historical farm near Hopkinsville, Ky. The location, which is in the path of totality, is also at the point of greatest intensity. (Mark Humphrey/AP)
A family sets up a tent at their campsite at sunrise for the solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, on the Orchard Dale historical farm near Hopkinsville, Ky. The location, which is in the path of totality, is also at the point of greatest intensity. (Mark Humphrey/AP)

We're following the eclipse Monday as it makes its way across America.

Here & Now's Robin Young gets the latest from NPR science correspondent Joe Palca (@joesbigidea) about what to look for, and what unexpected things could happen.

This segment aired on August 21, 2017.

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