The territories of 14 US states will plunge into total darkness during a total solar eclipse on August 21, the portal timeanddate.com reported, which will conduct a live broadcast of a landmark event.

According to him, total darkness will last about 2 minutes. The first place on the continental US, where you can see the eclipse, will be the Yaquina Head lighthouse in the vicinity of the city of Newport, Oregon. There it will be observed from 9.04 am local time (19.04 Moscow time).

Basically, according to the portal, in total darkness, sparsely populated areas will sink. In addition to Oregon, this will affect individual territories in the states of Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina. One of the few large cities that completely plunges into darkness will be Nashville (Tennessee). In addition, a complete eclipse can be observed in selected areas of Kansas City (Kansas) and Kansas City (Missouri).

In Washington, at the peak of the eclipse, which is expected at 14.43 (21.43 Moscow time), only about a fifth of the sun will be visible.

In this case, specialists remind that special glasses or protective devices are needed to observe the eclipse, which you can do even with your own hands.

The last time a complete solar eclipse across the whole territory of the USA could be observed 99 years ago - June 8, 1918