Southern Illinois will experience a brief population bump during the eclipse August 21. Those who don't plan to migrate south for totality will still be able to experience a partial solar eclipse from central Illinois. John Martin, Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois Springfield explains in a specially produced video.
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