HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- The summer of 2017 has been set to be the first time in 38 years a total solar eclipse will be visible from the contiguous United States, and Hopkinsville will be right in the middle of it.
The Paducah Sun reported the August 21 eclipse would sweep a shadow across the United States from Oregon to South Carolina and would be visible in 14 states.
Hopkinsville would experience the longest period of totality of any city at 2 minutes 40 seconds. Paducah, Eddyville and Land Between the Lakes would not be far behind.
Cheryl Cook, the executive director of the Hopkinsville/Christian County Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the eclipse could prove to be the largest tourism event in Hopkinsville's history with as many as 50,000 people converging on the city.
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