August 2017
Inside
Health & Harmony
WomenHeart offers cardiac support. Page H5
Paws Up for Pets
Beat the heat for your dog’s health. Page H8
THE GREAT On the Water
Courses allow you to refresh scuba skills. Page H10
ECLIPSE
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House of the Month A haven on Hypoluxo Island. Page H15
ook up on Aug. 21, because one of the coolest celestial events will take place. It’s the next total solar eclipse, an event when the moon completely covers the sun. This isn’t a rare phenomenon. As a matter of fact, according to www.space. com, approximately once every 18 months (on average) a total solar eclipse is visible from someplace on
the Earth’s surface. What makes this one a big deal is that it’s the first one that is visible in the contiguous 48 United States since Feb. 26, 1979. Here’s what will happen: The moon’s shadow will create a 70-mile-wide path diagonally across more than a dozen states, starting in Oregon and ending in South Carolina — otherwise known as the path of totality. The total eclipse will
Get ready for the show: We may see a good part of the first total solar eclipse visible in the lower 48 states since 1979
begin in Oregon at 9:05 a.m. Pacific time on Aug. 21 and then it will cross through Oregon and head into Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina. Then, it will start in its final destination, South Carolina, at 2:48 p.m. Eastern time. Not everybody will be able to see the total eclipse though, which the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) says lasts only a few minutes. Unless you are directly on this path, you’re out of luck to see it, but don’t put your chairs away just yet. There is good news for those who aren’t residing or vacationing on this track. You will still be able to see a partial solar eclipse in any other area — this is when the moon covers only See ECLIPSE on page H4