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Millions get ready for US full solar eclipse Monday

People crowd the side walks in the main Square on August 20, 2017 in Jackson, Wyoming. People are flocking to the Jackson and Teton National Park area for the 2017 solar eclipse which will be one of the areas that will experience a 100% eclipse on Monday August 21, 2017. George Frey/AFP

It will be the first total solar eclipse to sweep coast-to-coast across the US in 99 years.

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Americans set for midday solar eclipse

A child uses solar eclipse viewing glasses to look at the sun during the Solar Eclipse Festival at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, California on August 19, 2017/ AFP PHOTO / FREDERIC J. BROWN

21 Aug 2017, AP – It will be the first total solar eclipse to sweep coast-to-coast across the US in 99 years.

With 200 million people within a day's drive of the path of totality, towns and parks are bracing for monumental crowds.

It's expected to be the most observed, most studied and most photographed eclipse ever. Not to mention the most festive with all the parties.

Astronomers consider a full solar eclipse the grandest of cosmic spectacles. Southernmost Illinois state will see the most darkness: 2 minutes and 44 seconds.

All of North America – Canada, the United States and Mexico – will get at least a partial eclipse.

A sign advertises food for tourists on August 20, 2017 in Victor, Idaho. The small town, located directly beneath the path of totality expected an influx of more tourists than those who had arrived by Sunday afternoon. Natalie Behring/AFP
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