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Safety First for Solar Eclipse 2017

Little Rock, Ark. On Monday, August 21, 2017 all of North America will experience an eclipse of the sun for the first time in 99 years. Arkansas can expect a partial eclipse where 80 to 97 percent of the sun will be covered by the moon. The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) wants to inform Arkansans about how they can safely view the solar eclipse.

âIt is never safe to look directly at the…