We are only days away from the most anticipated celestial event of the year: the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse on April 8th.

This eclipse is going to be breathtaking, with an expected totality duration of 4 minutes and 27 seconds. That's nearly twice as long as the total eclipse of 2017.

This eclipse is especially exciting for those in the United States since the path of totality slices right through the country, passing over many densely populated cities.

This eclipse will be the first total eclipse to be seen in Canada since 1979, the first in Mexico since 1991, and the last in the U.S. until 2044.

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