Live Coverage: Follow The Solar Eclipse

On Nov. 13, 2012, a narrow corridor in the Southern Hemisphere experienced a total solar eclipse. The phenomenon will happen on Aug. 21, 2017, across the U.S.

It is indeed dark during the day as a total solar eclipse makes its way from Oregon to South Carolina. Follow the phenomenon’s journey along with NPR journalists and others experiencing the eclipse.

(Image credit: Courtesy of Romeo Durscher/NASA)