OK so the title is a little misleading, but a real cool event is about to take place. On Monday 5/9/16, a rare phenomenon called the Mercury Transit will take place where the planet Mercury will pass right between the Sun and Earth. And you'll be able to see it between the hours of 7:12 - 14:42 (EST) http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/09/science/watch-mercury-sail-across-the-sun.html
Interesting but perhaps even more interesting will be the total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017 which will be visible across America from coast to coast - can't wait Hotwater
http://www.nola.com/science/index.ssf/2012/09/small_kentucky_town_is_focus_o_1.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%E2%80%93Hopkinsville_encounter The location of the longest duration of totality for the August 2017 eclipse will be Hopkinsville, Kentucky, the place where space aliens allegedly landed in 1955.
Yeah, those hicks out in the sticks will milk it for all its worth There’ll be a lot of moon-shining out in those hills, Yee-Haw Hotwater