An airline is offering front-row seats to experience a solar eclipse. Photo: AFP
What could be better than watching an eclipse from a plane Alaska Airlines is organising a special charter flight on Aug21 to celebrate this celestial show? This is a major event for the contiguous United States which has not seen a total solar eclipse since 1979.
On August 21, the moon will pass in front of the sun and the United States will be plunged into darkness from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast. Americans have not witnessed such a sight in as many states since 1918. In 1991, the eclipse could only be seen in Hawaii, and in 1979 only five states saw the moon block out the sun.
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