Just a moment...

SCIENCE GUY (and D.C. man) Bill Nye is in Texas today for maximum solar eclipse viewing, but he has some tips for everyone catching a glimpse. * The Texas city of Fredericksburg, an

International Dark Sky Community, is expected to experience 4 minutes and 24 seconds of darkness, among the longest in the country, _writes Axios' Nicole Cobler._ * D.C. will see a

partial eclipse from 2:04pm to 4:32pm. HERE ARE TIPS from Nye for a spectacular solar eclipse: 👂🏻 STOP AND LISTEN: "When it really goes completely dark, it's just amazing. The

birds chirp; the crickets cricket. There's usually a bit of a breeze because the ground gets cool and then that cold air is squeezing the warm air up and makes a little bit of a

breeze." 👀 LOOK UP: "While looking through your eclipse glasses, look out for a couple of bright points of light at the edges, as the Moon passes between the Sun and the

Earth." * "You might see two or even three very bright points of light, and that's where the light is passing by mountains and valleys on the Moon. If I may, how cool is

that?" 🌘 MAKE A PINHOLE VIEWER: Nye recommends making a pinhole viewer, or just "take your fingers and interlace them and look at the ground just for a moment." _More tips_