How to make Monday's total eclipse a stellar experience
In Ottawa-Gatineau, roughly 99 per cent of the sun will be obscured. Further to the south in what's called the "path of totality," there will be total darkness. Here's how to make sure the once-in-a-lifetime experience lives up to your expectations.
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![The total solar eclipse Aug. 21, 2017 in Madras, Oregon. Emotional sky-gazers stood transfixed across North America Monday as the Sun vanished behind the Moon in a rare total eclipse that swept the continent coast-to-coast for the first time in nearly a century. Black sky with orange ring of light as the sun is eclipsed by the moon.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7101781.1706809415!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/total-solar-eclipse.jpg)
In Ottawa-Gatineau, roughly 99 per cent of the sun will be obscured. Further to the south in what's called the "path of totality," there will be total darkness. Here's how to make sure the once-in-a-lifetime experience lives up to your expectations.