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KNAU’s Eclipse Report from the Path of Totality in Madras, Oregon

KNAU News Talk - Arizona Public Radio | By Ryan Heinsius,
Melissa Sevigny
Published August 21, 2017 at 2:53 PM MST
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Melissa Sevigny

Today’s full solar eclipse was the first in 100 years to stretch from coast to coast in the U.S. Millions of people flocked to the 70-mile-wide path of totality, and one of them is KNAU’s science reporter Melissa Sevigny. She’s on the line with me from Madras, Ore., which was in the center of the path of totality.

A projection of the partial eclipse
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The crowd on hand to witness the eclipse in Madras, Ore.
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The crowd in Madras, Ore., included many professional and amateur astronomers.
Credit Melissa Sevigny

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Ryan Heinsius
Ryan Heinsius joined the KNAU newsroom as executive producer in 2013 and was named news director and managing editor in 2024. As a reporter, he has covered a broad range of stories from local, state and tribal politics to education, economy, energy and public lands issues, and frequently interviews internationally known and regional musicians. Ryan is an Edward R. Murrow Award winner and a Public Media Journalists Association Award winner, and a frequent contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered and national newscast.
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Melissa Sevigny
Melissa joined KNAU's team in 2015 to report on science, health, and the environment. Her work has appeared nationally on NPR and been featured on Science Friday. She grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where she fell in love with the ecology and geology of the Sonoran desert.
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