The 2017 solar eclipse is seen at the front gate of NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Approximately 4,000 people gathered at the Wallops’ NASA Visitor Center to view a 81.5% totality of the eclipse.
Credit: NASA/Jamie Adkins
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