Falls City will be the place to be on Aug. 21, 2017

7 Sep 2016

Community

Falls City and Richardson County will be the place to be on August 21, 2017. A total solar eclipse will take place that day and no other state can boast of a longer path of totality than Nebraska.

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon’s apparent diameter is larger than the Sun’s, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness.

“Falls City is located only about four miles from the centerline of the eclipse path, where totality lasts the longest. As a result, Falls City will get about 2 minutes and 37 seconds of totality, just three seconds short of the eclipse maximum. People from all over the world will travel to the path of totality to see the eclipse and any town or city close to the centerline, like Falls City, will likely see a large influx of visitors in the days leading up to the event,” said Dave Clark at nationaleclipse.com

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