From what I’ve read, there quite a few solar eclipses in the world every few years, so why is this one in particular so scientifically interesting?
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I grew up in the Midwest in the 1960s. There were zero total eclipses within convenient driving distance until 2017. THIS one is passing directly over my house.
So the specialness is really the rarity of the event. The next total eclipse visible in the lower 48 is in 2044, which I likely won’t see because I’ll be dead.
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