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Total Eclipse Hits Chile, Home To Half Of World's Telescopes

NPR | By Joe Palca
Published July 6, 2019 at 5:30 PM EDT
Sun over Pacific Ocean during total eclipse as viewed from the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.
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Sun over Pacific Ocean during total eclipse as viewed from the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.

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Joe Palca
Joe Palca is a science correspondent for NPR.
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