A coyote at the Fort Worth Zoo is photographed in the hours leading up to the April 8 total solar eclipse. The Hartstone-Rose Research Lab, NC State hide caption
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The moon passes the sun during a solar eclipse on Monday in Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Eric Lee/STLPR hide caption
Junior Espejo looks through eclipse glasses being handed out by NASA in Houlton, Maine. Used correctly, eclipse glasses prevent eye damage. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
A road sign in Lackawanna, N.Y., advertises the upcoming eclipse on Monday. Adam Gray/Getty Images hide caption
A woman puts on special glasses to see the eclipse on Monday in Mazatlán, Mexico. Many people have flocked to the seaside area to catch a glimpse of the total solar eclipse. Hector Vivas/Getty Images hide caption
Hundreds of balloons are being launched into the path of the eclipse as part of a program to educate students. Meredith Rizzo for NPR hide caption
Round Rock Public Library in Round Rock, Texas, used disco balls to project the annular eclipse of October 2023, and recommends people try it for themselves on Monday. This one projected images across the garden, through the windows and onto the walls and ceiling of the 2nd floor. Andrea Warkentin hide caption
Storms moving across the United States will make it hard for eclipse chasers to get a clear view of totality — the moment when the moon fully blocks the sun, creating a brilliant crown-like effect. Mark Humphrey/AP hide caption
A group of children don eclipse glasses to watch the 2017 solar eclipse at Grand Tetons National Park in Wyoming. VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption
A lot of kids got to see the last total eclipse. What they remember may surprise you
A dog tries on eclipse sunglasses in London in 2015. Experts say pets don't need eclipse sunglasses — in fact, quite the opposite. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
RV traffic sits at a standstill along a two-lane road near Madras, Ore., a few days before the 2017 total solar eclipse. Experts say traffic could be heavy, but eclipse watchers shouldn't necessarily be deterred. AFP Contributor/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
From left: didn't stop, can't stop, won't stop Leon Neal/Getty Images; Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images; David Becker/Getty Images hide caption
A woman views the solar eclipse in the first phase of a total eclipse in Grand Teton National Park on August 21, 2017 outside Jackson, Wyoming. George Frey/Getty Images hide caption
The moment of totality during a solar eclipse in Glendo, Wyo., on Aug. 21, 2017. John T. Meader hide caption
Eclipse enthusiasts wearing protective glasses view a partial eclipse from Beckman Lawn at Caltech in Pasadena, Calif., on Aug. 21, 2017. Another solar eclipse is just weeks away. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People view a total solar eclipse at from the observatory at Rockefeller Center in New York City on Aug. 21, 2017. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
A man watches the annular solar eclipse in Merida, Mexico, last October. Hugo Borges/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Eclipse gazers enjoying totality on August 21, 2017, in Isle of Palms, S.C. Eclipse experts say partial eclipses aren't nearly as dramatic. Pete Marovich/Getty Images hide caption