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- This is the sun.

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The sun is approximately 92 million miles away.

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The sun is very bright.

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This is the moon.

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The moon is approximately 239 thousand miles away.

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The moon is not very bright.

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When the moon moves in front of the sun,

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it creates a total solar eclipse.

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The U.S. is about to experience

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its first total solar eclipse in 38 years.

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On Monday, August 21st, Luke Air Force Base

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will be experiencing the start

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of the solar eclipse at 9:10 a.m.

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Peaking at 10:30 a.m.

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and ending at noon.

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Luke Air Force Base will be experiencing

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62% obscuration during the eclipse.

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Do not look directly at the sun.

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To safely look at the sun, you must have ISO 12312-2

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international safety standard glasses.

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If you don't have them already, it's probably too late.

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For more information about the solar eclipse,

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visit www.luke.af.mil.