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Show THE LAST TOTAL ECLIPSE FOR 100 YEARS SATURDAY The last total solar eclipse that will be visible to the western part of this hemisphere for one hundred years will begin at 5 o'clock Saturday Satur-day afternoon, June 8. The eclipse will first appear in the lower right hand corner of the sun, looking much as if a circular notch had been cut out of its surface, and will then gradually increase in size for about one hour, at which time from 9 6 to 97 per cent of the sun's surface will be completely covered. An entire eclipse will not be visible vis-ible in Utah, but a partial darkening of the orb of day will be seen. A total eclipse can be seen at other points in the United States. After the eclipse is complete, it will gradually grad-ually disappear, the shadow" leaving the sun as it came, only passing from it in the upper left hand corner. cor-ner. The entire time required for the phenomenon to take place Is two hours. An eclipse of the sun means that the moon passes between the sun. and the earth, obscuring it momentarily momen-tarily from sight. It is an occurrence occur-rence which happens rarely, but which is of great importance to the scientific world, and for that reason, rea-son, astronomers '.nd students of astronomy are vitally interested in the coming eclipse. Since their instruments in-struments for observation have been much improved since the last opportunity oppor-tunity given for studying an eclipse, it is hoped that many puzzling questions ques-tions concerning the sun and the solar so-lar system will be solved when this eclipse comes. It begins at 10 o'clock in the morning morn-ing out in the center of the north Pacific Pa-cific ocean and reaches the northwest north-west coast of the United States near the mouth of the Columbia river at 2:35 p. m. From there the moon's shadow will mow a swath across the United States through the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Wyo-ming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida in a path sixty-six miles wide. The shadow will reach Poca-tello, Poca-tello, Ida., at 4:13 (Pacific timel or 5:13 mountain time. The best view in this part of the country ts supposed to he otbainable from Po-catello. Po-catello. The altitude and the atmosphere at-mosphere make this a most favored spot for its observance, so astronomers astron-omers from all over the country wilt take advantage of the favorable conditions con-ditions and make some of the most important studies there. |