cross the united states in almost a century will be in ten hours. people have been traveling to states like oregon, they will have the very best views. our miguel marquez hit the road to see how many are planning to celebrate and watch this eclipse. countdown to total eclipse coast to coast. this is the sun and this is the eclipse. this is the moon and it goes directly at it and then makes it totally dark. repo reporter: in its path, an astronomical celebration from or t.o. south carolina. place to be, 70-mile swath of eclipse or totality of the moon shadow going through 12 states turning day into night. what do you think will happen? like, i don t think you really should look at sun. no, you shouldn t. it might burn your eyes.
pouring in to that path of totality. reporter: countdown to total eclipse coast-to-coast. this is the sun and this is the eclipse. and this is the moon. and it goes directly at it and then makes it totally dark. reporter: in its path, an astronomical celebration from oregon to south carolina. the place to be the 70 mile swath of full eclipse or totality. the man s shadow racing across the country through 12 states turning day into night. what do you think is going to happen? like on, i don t think you really should look at the tsun. it might burn your eyes. reporter: good advice. in long lines, despite the rain for eclipse viewing glasses. eclipse traffic is already
visitors. this is three super bowls along with a winter olympics coming to madras. reporter: many homeowners are renting out their houses, this one is $1500 a night with a four-night minimum. j.r. brooks is organize nicing solar [inaudible] creating a makeshift solar town. he ll house 20,000 campers. it s got air-conditioning, beds, daily changeout, showers, electricity, wi-fi, tv. the whole nine yards. and that s the top of the line. reporter: it s all to see the rare solar system dance that occurs when the moon is at the closest to earth and sitting perfectly in front of the sun, turning day into night. everyone in the lower 48 states will see at least a partial eclipse, but a total eclipse will be visible over a 70-mile-wide area that will start at 10:17 in the morning and end 93 minutes on the south
the place to be the 70-mile swath of full eclipse for totality, the moon s shadow racing across the country right through 12 states turning day into night. what do you think s going to happen? like i don t think you really should look at the sun. reporter: no, you shouldn t. you might burn your eyes. reporter: good advice. heed it everywhere. in chicago, long lines despite the rain for eclipse viewing glasses, eclipse traffic already heavy. hearing a lot of information about traffic s going to be real heavy that day. we re staying home. reporter: cities along the path of totality, preparing for massive crowds. do you think you can literally double, trim, quadruple the size of this overnight? easily. very much so, and the people will be spread out through town. reporter: in idaho, all hands on deck for massive crowds. across the country, friends staying with friends.
visitors. this is three super bowls along with a winter olympics coming to madras. reporter: many homeowners are renting out their houses, this one is $1500 a night with a four-night minimum. j.r. brooks is organize nicing solar [inaudible] creating a makeshift solar town. he ll house 20,000 campers. it s got air-conditioning, beds, daily changeout, showers, electricity, wi-fi, tv. the whole nine yards. and that s the top of the line. reporter: it s all to see the rare solar system dance that occurs when the moon is at the closest to earth and sitting perfectly in front of the sun, turning day into night. everyone in the lower 48 states will see at least a partial eclipse, but a total eclipse will be visible over a 70-mile-wide area that will start at 10:17 in the morning and end 93 minutes on the south carolina coast.