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Experience two rare events at once on April 8 when the Smokey Bear Balloon and a total solar eclipse will both be visible in the sky above Big Spring —and visitors can get much, much closer to the Smokey Bear Balloon than the sun or moon!

Experience a partial solar eclipse at Mammoth Cave National Park on Sat. Oct. 14 at 10:39 a.m. CDT. Visitors will safely use telescopes to watch as the moon passes between the Sun and Earth and partially blocks it from our view. Park guides will present interactive solar eclipse themed activities to engage the community through science, creativity, and fun.

October 14 is your chance to see a solar eclipse in the skies over southeast Texas. See this celestial wonder through special telescopes and eclipse glasses. Celebrate the preserve's 49th anniversary with us as we look ahead to our golden anniversary next year!

National Park Service scientists will make audio recordings during the solar eclipse on August 21 in 17 parks spanning nearly 2700 miles across the United States.

Palo Alto Battlefield will bear witness to a partial solar eclipse.

Visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy the August 21 partial Solar Eclipse. A solar telescope and a telescope with a solar filter will be set up in front of the visitor center starting at 9:00 am. Share this special event with us!

America’s national parks will be premiere viewing sites for one of nature’s amazing natural phenomena, as a total solar eclipse crosses the continental United States on August 21st. There are 21 parks and 7 trails of the National Park System from coastal Oregon and South Carolina that are within the 60- to 70-mile-wide total eclipse pathway.

Charles Pinckney National Historic Site is planning activities for the upcoming 2017 Eclipse Across America on August 21, 2017. Activities for the public, including an eclipse junior ranger activity book and badge for children, will be offered from 1:00 pm -4:30.

Fort Moultrie, Liberty Square- primary departure point for Fort Sumter, and Charles Pinckney National Historic Site are planning activities for the upcoming 2017 Eclipse Across America on August 21, 2017. Trips to Fort Sumter will run as scheduled; however during the period of totality, Fort Sumter itself will be closed to the public.

On the morning of August 21, millions of Americans are expected to step outside to witness the solar eclipse, a natural phenomenon that hasn’t been witnessed in the continental U.S. in 38 years. To celebrate, the National Park Service is hosting three local viewing events, two in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, and one near downtown Los Angeles.