Solar Eclipse

On Monday, Aug. 21, Oregon will have a collective raised head to the first total solar eclipse in almost 40 years. Here are seven things to know before the solar eclipse completely covers our lives.

On the morning of Aug. 21, 2017, the moon will pass in front of the sun creating a rare total solar eclipse in Oregon and casting parts of the state into complete daytime darkness. In other words, photographic gold.

With nearly every lodging option booked within the path of the eclipse, thousands of visitors are expected to spill over onto public lands.

The town of Spray, population 160, is bracing for 10,000 visitors and wondering, how do you begin to feed and house that many?