Tag: total solar eclipse

NASA Scientist Scott Bolton Describes the Science and the Mystery of Eclipses

Wendy Wilson

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — A total solar eclipse is often attributed to various things. Coincidence. Magic. Divine intervention. The rare event is so grand that even scientists are moved to use words beyond the realm of science. Scott Bolton of NASA used all the words above when talking to reporters Monday…

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Nashville Was the Place to Be for Many Eclipse Watchers Monday

Wendy Wilson

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — In preparing for Monday’s total solar eclipse, Mark Holloran read that from where he lives in Franklin, he could see 99.8 percent totality. That wasn’t good enough, he and his wife decided. “We drove in to get the last .2 percent,” he said at First Tennessee Park,…

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