Anticipation is building in Hopkinsville for this summer’s total solar eclipse. The city will hold a community forum Tuesday night and will welcome two speakers from the University of California at Berkeley.
Hopkinsville is expected to be the best viewing location in the country. Astronomers say the event will be the most viewed solar eclipse in history. On August 21st, the sun will disappear for two minutes and 40 seconds.
Organizer Brooke Jung says one of the speakers will talk about a movie project that will document the eclipse in totality as it moves across the country. "They want to get some volunteers here in the community that maybe want to photograph the eclipse whether they're amateur or professional and be able to send those to them for representation for what the eclipse looks like during totality here in Hopkinsville."
Jung says the forum will educate spectators on how to view the eclipse safely, "We've gotten a lot of questions about safe viewing practices for the eclipse - the proper sort of eyewear you need to have on during the partial stages of totality and actually when it's at full corona stage when you can take those glasses off."
The once-in-a-lifetime experience is expected to draw around 50,000 people to Hopkinsville, including some from other countries.
The public forum is Tuesday at 6 at the Hopkinsville Community College auditorium.
