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The Eclipse Edition

The eclipse will cross 14 states from Oregon to South Carolina. We find out how people are preparing and meet an eclipse chaser and a nun fielding calls from concerned Catholics.

On Monday, a total solar eclipse will cross 14 states from Oregon to South Carolina. We find out people all across the country are preparing.

Also: we meet an eclipse chaser traveling to the US from Australia; we speak to a cloistered nun who has been getting calls from concerned Catholics worried about the end of times; we learn what solar eclipses have revealed to us about our universe throughout the ages; plus how a new technology can help blind people experience the coming eclipse as well.

(Image: Solar Eclipse related items are offered for sale in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Hopkinsville is located near the point of greatest totality for the August 21 eclipse. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Mon 21 Aug 201701:32GMT
BBC World Service except News Internet

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  • Sat 19 Aug 201704:32GMT
    BBC World Service except Americas and the Caribbean, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & South Asia
  • Sat 19 Aug 201721:32GMT
    BBC World Service Australasia, East Asia & South Asia only
  • Sun 20 Aug 201710:32GMT
    BBC World Service except News Internet
  • Sun 20 Aug 201719:32GMT
    BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
  • Mon 21 Aug 201701:32GMT
    BBC World Service except News Internet

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