we are just under one month away from an out of this world experience a total solar eclipse the best viewing will be to our South and downstate Illinois is ready here's Don [Music] Hasbrook if it's in your heart to see the total solar eclipse here's what you need to know this area is loaded with beauty just look at Giant City Park look at all the other Parks Illinois State agencies and Southern Illinois officials gathering together at Giant City Lodge in Manda the place to be I think that we're
going to be just as much in awe then this time around as we were last time they're all here to tell us how to have a safe and successful look at the total solar eclipse on April 8th I just couldn't imagine what our ancestors saw when they would see these things over hundreds and hundreds and thousands of years they had to be scared to death but in 2024 these officials are welcoming visitors to the small towns in southern Illinois that will star in this event come down here enjoy it NASA will pro
vide coverage of the eclipse on all of its platforms it's exciting to think about all of the things that we can learn from the sun right here in Illinois this is a huge privilege it's very interesting and very exciting to partner with SIU because they've been key in helping us learn how to capture these images effectively hotel rooms are still available in the viewing areas so so don't space out plan ahead this is not something that you decide on the day of he says more than 31 of our Illinois s
tate parks will have line of sight to totality we are planning for an absolutely astronomical pun intended um tourism experience in the region without a shadow of a doubt
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