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The Milky Way stretches through the sky as seen from the Wayah Bald along the Appalachian Trail outside of Franklin, North Carolina, the night before the solar eclipse, Monday, August 21, 2017. Thousands ventured into the Nantahala National Forest in southwestern North Carolina to view the two and half minutes of totality during this year’s solar eclipse. (Eamon Queeney / North State Journal)