The solar eclipse that’s sweeping across the country this coming Monday will be partially visible in Atlanta.
In places where there’s a total eclipse, including in northeast Georgia, the sun will be blocked by the moon completely. Here, there will be a little sliver of it peeking out, as the moon blocks nearly 98 percent of the sun.
“You will have a crescent sun,” said Stephen Ramsden, the founder of the Atlanta-based Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project. He goes around the world, donating telescopes and teaching kids about the sun.
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