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The World Came For Eclipse Totality in Rural Sabetha, Kansas

By Kansas News Service
Published August 22, 2017 at 2:40 PM CDT
People from all over the world came to see totality in Sabetha, Kansas at 1:04 p.m. Monday. (Photo: Sam Zeff, Kansas News Service) Shifting cloud cover obscured the first solar eclipse to traverse the country in nearly a century as it crossed northeast Kansas Monday.
People from all over the world came to see totality in Sabetha, Kansas at 1:04 p.m. Monday. (Photo: Sam Zeff, Kansas News Service) Shifting cloud cover obscured the first solar eclipse to traverse the country in nearly a century as it crossed northeast Kansas Monday.

People all across the region attempted to catch a glimpse of the total solar eclipse yesterday—often through cloudy and at times stormy weather. Sam Zeff, of the Kansas News Service, spoke with sky watchers from around the world who gathered in the small town of Sabetha, Kansas about an hour north of Topeka.

          
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The Kansas News Service produces essential enterprise reporting, diving deep and connecting the dots in tracking the policies, issues and and events that affect the health of Kansans and their communities. The team is based at KCUR and collaborates with public media stations and other news outlets across Kansas. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org. The Kansas News Service is made possible by a group of funding organizations, led by the Kansas Health Foundation. Other founders include United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, Sunflower Foundation, REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
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