Upcoming total solar eclipse is the first visible across the U.S. in 99 years

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Vanderbilt University astronomer explains the historic path of the total solar eclipse expected on August 21, 2017.

Billy Teets says the total eclipse will only be viewable along a 70-mile wide path from the West Coast to the East Coast.

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