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Perhaps you’ve heard: there’s an eclipse today

Today is eclipse day, with some schools around the region—Banks, Elbert, and Franklin among them—closed for the day, and others, including the Clarke and Oconee county school districts, delaying the end of their school days to allow for students to stay on campus and view the once-in-a-lifetime solar event. The University of Georgia has two eclipse viewing events: 1 o’clock in Sanford Stadium, and 1:30 at the State Botanical Garden.

Today is the first day of fall semester at the University of North Georgia, with upwards of 20,000 students expected: some of today’s UNG classes are cancelled to allow for the viewing of this afternoon’s solar eclipse.

North Georgia, which includes cities like Blue Ridge, Clayton and Cleveland, will have some of the most promising clear sky views, which means you will be able to see the full solar eclipse.

If you’re traveling to neighboring states like South Carolina, Virginia or Tennessee, you’ll be in luck, too. Locations in those states will have some cloudless skies as well.

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