When students arrive at Georgia Tech on Aug. 21 for the first day of fall classes, a special treat awaits them: a mid-afternoon solar eclipse.
It is expected to be the most-watched celestial event of the year: A total solar eclipse that will be visible across the U.S. from Oregon to South Carolina. Georgia Tech isn’t on the path of 100 percent totality, but above campus, the moon will block 97 percent of the sun’s disk at approximately 2:37 p.m. EDT. The eclipse should darken skies, drop air temperatures, and make birds think it’s bedtime.