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    A Family Vacation to See the Eclipse

    Traveling into the moon’s shadow with loved ones
    by Rebecca Boyle Aug 18, 2017 5 minutes
    Source: Erick Christian Ahounou / AP

    For some people, the rare occasions when the moon moves in front of the sun are a great reason to take a trip. To reach recent eclipses, “umbraphiles”—the nickname for eclipse chasers, who follow the umbra, the shadow of the moon—have traveled to far-off destinations like Svalbard, Norway; Singapore; and Japan. But this year, everyone traveling to the 70-mile-wide path of totality is coming to America. So many readers who’ve sent their eclipse plans are making it a point to share the cosmic event with loved ones.

    Darío Martínez Batlle and his wife are traveling from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Sunday. They’ll stay in Louisville, Kentucky, with his sister before driving off to Gallatin, Tennessee, ahead of the sunrise August 21.

    I’m well aware of the craziness that’s going to be every road and highway along the path of totality, but unfortunately we couldn’t

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