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Boston Calling: The Eclipse Edition

The Eclipse Edition

19/08/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Boston Calling, The Eclipse Edition

We could see the largest single movement of humans across US territory

The eclipse will cross 14 states from Oregon to South Carolina. We find out how people are preparing and meet an eclipse chaser and a nun fielding calls from concerned Catholics.

On Monday, a total solar eclipse will cross 14 states from Oregon to South Carolina. We find out people all across the country are preparing. 

Also: we meet an eclipse chaser traveling to the US from Australia; we speak to a cloistered nun who has been getting calls from concerned Catholics worried about the end of times; we learn what solar eclipses have revealed to us about our universe throughout the ages; plus how a new technology can help blind people experience the coming eclipse as well.

(Image: Solar Eclipse related items are offered for sale in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Hopkinsville is located near the point of greatest totality for the August 21 eclipse. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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