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'Grandaddy Of Eclipses' Happens Monday

A total solar eclipse will cross the United States on August 21, 2017, and people have been making travel plans for months to get the best glimpse of it.

 

WKAR’s Morning Edition host Brooke Allen spoke with John French from Abrams Planetarium to find out more.

 

 

To see a map of the best places from which to view the eclipse, go here.

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