When the Earth, Sun and Moon are perfectly aligned, the sun looks TOTALLY covered.

But a total solar eclipse is a pretty rare event.

c’mon!!!!

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Someone get Dakota Fanning playing Jane Volturi over to Clifton Hill to do crowd control or something.

OUR NATION DEPENDS ON IT.

But like HELLO!

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It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

It can dopermanent damage to your eyeballsafter only 5 seconds.

Okay… wait… that’s bad.

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FINE, I won’t then.

Scientists… you win again.

As with other things in life, protection is key.

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Thanks to NASA, you canlearn how to make one here.

Happy total solar eclipse to you and yours and Dakota Fanning.

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