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Get Thee to Totality: Nashville

Feast on barbecue, see a murderous witch's cave, and more along the way to Atlas Obscura's Ecliptic Festival in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

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Giraffes running at the Copenhagen Zoo, much as their counterparts did at the Nashville Zoo during August's total eclipse.

The Best Animal Reactions to the Eclipse

Scared chimps, running giraffes, bat traffic jams, and more.

Cara Giaimo September 1, 2017

Gotta catch 'em all.

A Salmon Pen Collapsed, and Fishers Are Needed to Save the Day

Authorities are asking people to catch as many salmon as possible.

Cara Giaimo August 23, 2017

Photo of the eclipse, taken in the Brewsters' home observatory near Corvallis, Oregon.

To Take an Eclipse Photo Like This at Home, You Have to Build Your Own Observatory

Your next chance is in 7 years.

Samir S. Patel August 22, 2017

Marshall Allen, legendary bandleader, and a gaggle of galactic sungazers.

Photos From Atlas Obscura’s Total Eclipse Festival Capture a Celestial Event

One last look at the great American eclipse of 2017.

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Simple Rules for Making Giant Geometrical Stars

The math behind the magic.

Sarah Laskow August 22, 2017

A tinsel mammal performs at Atlas Obscura's Total Eclipse festival.

What Makes Helado Negro's Tinsel Mammals So Mezmerizing

The musician performs with shimmery beings of a species not quite our own.

Sarah Laskow August 22, 2017

The International Space Station crosses the solar disk during the eclipse.

The International Space Station Had Two Views of the Eclipse

And cast a shadow of its own.

Samir S. Patel August 22, 2017

On Seeing the Eclipse With a Crowd

What I learned while camping out with hundreds of people in the middle of the Oregon desert.

Sarah Laskow August 21, 2017

A total solar eclipse over Easter Island in 2010. Easter Island will experience a partial solar eclipse on July 2, 2019, and another on December 14, 2020.

If You Missed This Year’s Eclipse, Chase Another

Starting in 2019, there will be other opportunities to catch totality—or see it again if you’re hooked.

Kelsey Kennedy August 21, 2017

Eclipse glasses.

Columbia, South Carolina, Is Giving Eclipse Glasses to Homeless Community Members

So is Nashville, Tennessee.

Cara Giaimo August 21, 2017

Danny Ray Thompson, left, and Marshall Allen of Sun Ra Arkestra.

Contemplating the Eclipse With Sun Ra Arkestra

"We’re going to bring the sun back."

Sarah Laskow August 21, 2017

One of the LSST's mirror cells.

The Camera That Will Transform Our Understanding of the Universe

Brookhaven National Laboratory's Paul O'Connor explains the mind-boggling promise of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.

Sarah Laskow August 21, 2017

Observers on a New York City rooftop, recording whether they saw totality for the Consolidated Gas survey in 1925.

How New York City's Electrical Utilities Observed the 1925 Eclipse

The predecessors to ConEdison wanted to know how an eclipse affected the grid.

Kelsey Kennedy August 21, 2017

Lemurs engaged in a unique behavior called "sun-worshipping."

Watching Animals Watch the Eclipse

Before and after the moon crosses the sun, interested people all over the U.S. will be spying on wildlife.

Cara Giaimo August 18, 2017

You had questions. We found answers.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Eclipses

And were kind enough to ask.

Eric Grundhauser August 18, 2017

John Jerit, CEO of American Paper Optics.

Meet the Folk Art Collector Who Makes Your Eclipse Glasses

John Jerit of American Paper Optics is very into the visionary.

Eileen Townsend August 18, 2017

The Biharwe eclipse monument honors a celestial event from the year 1520.

Why Uganda Has Two Eclipse Monuments

The East African country may be the eclipse monument capital of the world.

Eric Grundhauser August 17, 2017