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    How people across the U.S. are making the most of the solar eclipse

    NPR asked listeners to share what they're doing for the eclipse. Here are some memorable answers, from the new parents planning a themed baby shower to the mayor waving tourists off his small city.
    by Rachel Treisman Apr 07, 2024 7 minutes
    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.

    A total solar eclipse will cross North America on Monday, giving millions of people from Texas to Maine the chance to see the moon completely block the face of the daytime sun.

    And many more outside the 100-mile-wide "path of totality" — every U.S. state, according to NASA — will still see a partial eclipse, in which the moon blocks at least some of the sun.

    Scores of Americans are making special plans for the day, from flying across the country to driving across town, ready to don their requisite glasses, look up at the sky and admire a phenomenon the U.S. won't see again for another 20 years.

    NPR asked listeners to share their plans for the day, and followed up with several of the more than 300 who responded.

    Here are some of their stories, from the New York parents-to-be planning a themed baby shower to a Texas librarian setting up disco balls to the Michigan mayor waving tourists away.

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