There were still, in 1968, a few people who were afraid of the nuclear power plant. This means, simply, that operators in nuclear power plants need not be eminent physicists or mathematicians. They had some nuclear power, introduced a century or so ago by traders from Marduk, one of the really civilized planets.
This interactive Google map shows the path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2017 Aug 21. The northern and southern path limits are blue and the central line is red. You MUST be somewhere within the central path (between the blue lines) to see the total phase of the eclipse. The eclipse is longest on the central line (red).
Skywatchers around the world can see a supermoon eclipsing the sun via live feed. A total solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between Earth and the sun. Lucky skywatchers in Southeast Asia get a rare front-row seat to a total eclipse on March 8 and 9, and Pacific islanders will see a still-dazzling partial eclipse.