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Item #3 (Advanced Level)

Where is the Sun?

At a time when racism rages in the streets and the President rages on
Twitter, there’s one thing that will make Americans raise (their) heads

tomorrow. That is a solar eclipse that is a combination of two factors: one,

the moon passing between the Sun and the Earth, casting its shadow on us,
and the second, (you) could see the eclipse from all over the United States,

ninety nine years have passed since a similar event occurred. In most states
(they’ll) only see a partial eclipse, and only a few will get to see the full

eclipse. The explanation is simple – even though the Moon is smaller than

the Sun, it’s also closer to us, and so when it passes between us and the
Sun it hides it, like a small hand close to (your) eye can hide the sun.

NASA is especially preparing to document the eclipse and learn from it.

Amir Caspi, a former Israeli, heads the team preparing for the historic
event. There are already those planning to make money off this, the

fourteen states where (they) will see the eclipse in the fullest and best way,

are preparing to receive millions of visitors. Israel is outside the path
where (you) could see the solar eclipse, and the closest we’ll see to that in

the coming years is just a partial eclipse in June two thousand twenty.

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