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Joe Krenowicz, executive director of the Madras-Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, gestures toward Mt. Jefferson as the sun rises over Madras, Oregon on June 13, 2017. The first place to experience total darkness as the moon passes between the sun and the Earth will be in Oregon and Madras, in the central part of the state, is expected to be a prime viewing location. Up to 1 million people are expected in Oregon for the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 99 years and up to 100,000 could show up in Madras and surrounding Jefferson County. Officials are worried about the ability of the rural area to host so many visitors and are concerned about the danger of wildfire from so many people camping on public lands. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)
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On Feb. 26, 1979, eclipse enthusiasts gathered at Observatory Hill in Goldendale, Wash., to watch a solar eclipse. The first place to experience total darkness as the moon passes between the sun and the Earth will be in Oregon and Madras, in the central part of the state, is expected to be a prime viewing location. Up to 1 million people are expected in Oregon for the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 99 years Aug. 21, 20127, and up to 100,000 could show up in Madras and surrounding Jefferson County. Officials are worried about the ability of the rural area to host so many visitors and are concerned about the danger of wildfire from so many people camping on public lands. (Wes Guderian/The Oregonian via AP)
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Traffic moves past the 73-story, 1,100-foot-high (335.3 meters) Wilshire Grand Center, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Los Angeles. The tallest building west of the Mississippi River, opens its doors on Friday, celebrating with lights and fanfare in a once-stodgy downtown that is sprouting a crop of new skyscrapers. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Traffic moves past the 73-story, 1,100-foot-high (335.3 meters) Wilshire Grand Center, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Los Angeles. The tallest building west of the Mississippi River, opens its doors on Friday, celebrating with lights and fanfare in a once-stodgy downtown that is sprouting a crop of new skyscrapers. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Officers stop cars heading in Panguitch, Utah, heading to Panguitch Lake on highway 143 as the fire approaches, Thursday, June 22, 2017. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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This image provided by Gleason Partners LLC shows a rendering of the side of a border wall concept that faces the U.S. that incorporates solar panels into the design. President Donald Trump wants to add solar panels to his long-promised southern border wall — a plan he says would help pay for the wall's construction and add to its aesthetic appeal. (Associated Press)
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In this image provided courtesy of KTVU-TV, a wildfire burns on a hillside close to homes near the Carquinez Bridge Toll Plaza Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Vallejo, Calif. Firefighters have reported that "multiple" homes are burning and others are at risk as they battle a 4-alarm grass fire in Vallejo. The Vallejo Fire Department says the blaze off Interstate 80 near the Carquinez Bridge has led to the closure of all eastbound lanes on I-80. (Courtesy of KTVU-TV via AP)
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Firefighters stand a the top of the hillside as mop up operations continue from a four-alarm grass fire that scorched approximately 40 acres Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Vallejo, Calif. Firefighters have brought a grass fire near Interstate Highway 80 under control after the blaze damaged several properties nearby. The blaze in Vallejo caused major backups on I-80 where three out of five lanes were still closed several hours after the blaze started, according to California Highway Patrol. (Joel Rosenbaum/The Vacaville Reporter via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2016, file photo, Hilda Heine, President of Marshall Islands, speaks during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. To small island nations where the land juts just above the rising seas, the U.S. pulling out of the Paris global warming pact makes the future seem as fragile and built on hope as a sand castle. Top scientists say it was already likely that Earth’s temperatures and the world’s seas will keep rising to a point where some island states won’t survive through the end of the next century.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2015, file photo, representatives of NGOs display a banner in front of a reproduction of the Eiffel towerat the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget north of Paris. To small island nations where the land juts just above the rising seas, the U.S. pulling out of the Paris global warming pact makes the future seem as fragile and built on hope as a sand castle. Top scientists say it was already likely that Earth’s temperatures and the world’s seas will keep rising to a point where some island states won’t survive through the end of the next century.(AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2015, file photo, a boat lies wrecked and stuck on a sea wall after it crashed into the back of Foreign Minister Tony de Brum's house on Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands. To small island nations where the land juts just above the rising seas, the U.S. pulling out of the Paris global warming pact makes the future seem as fragile and built on hope as a sand castle. Top scientists say it was already likely that Earth’s temperatures and the world’s seas will keep rising to a point where some island states won’t survive through the end of the next century. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, file)
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FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2015, file photo, a large pile of rubbish made up of wrecked cars, washing machines and old fridges are stacked high to form a make-shift sea wall on Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands. To small island nations where the land juts just above the rising seas, the U.S. pulling out of the Paris global warming pact makes the future seem as fragile and built on hope as a sand castle. Top scientists say it was already likely that Earth’s temperatures and the world’s seas will keep rising to a point where some island states won’t survive through the end of the next century. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2015 file, aerial photo a small uninhabited island that has slipped beneath the water line only showing a small pile of rocks at low tide on Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands. To small island nations where the land juts just above the rising seas, the U.S. pulling out of the Paris global warming pact makes the future seem as fragile and built on hope as a sand castle. Top scientists say it was already likely that Earth’s temperatures and the world’s seas will keep rising to a point where some island states won’t survive through the end of the next century. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)
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FILE--In this June 28, 2016 photo, members of the Rainbow Family of Living Light gather under a tarp at their campsite in Mount Tabor, Vt. Concern is growing in a conservative, remote corner of Oregon as people start arriving in a national forest for this year's Rainbow Family of Living Light annual gathering, a counter-culture get-together expected to draw thousands. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, file)
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FILE--In this June 28, 2016 file photo, members of the Rainbow Family of Living Light gather under a tarp at their campsite in Mount Tabor, Vt. Concern is growing in a conservative, remote corner of Oregon as people start arriving in a national forest for this year's Rainbow Family of Living Light annual gathering, a counter-culture get-together expected to draw thousands. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, file)
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Water levels rise after a combination of high tide and the rain from Tropical Storm Cindy in Lake Charles, La., Thursday, June 22, 2017. (Rick Hickman/American Press via AP)
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Water levels rise after a combination of high tide and the rain from Tropical Storm Cindy in Lake Charles, La., Thursday, June 22, 2017. (Rick Hickman/American Press via AP)
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FILE - In this May 31, 2005, file photo, thousands of white pelicans and their nests are visible on two small islands in the middle of Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, in N.D. As abnormally dry weather bedevils North Dakota farmers and ranchers, drought-like conditions may be benefiting American white pelicans' nesting grounds at the island in the central part of the state known as North America's largest refuge for the big-billed birds. (AP Photo/Will Kincaid, File)
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Smoke billows into the sky near the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Fires are burning throughout the southwest, including one in Utah that forced the evacuation of several hundreds of people and shut down part of a state highway. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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A wildfire burns near the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Fires are burning throughout the southwest, including one in Utah that forced the evacuation of more than 700 people and shut down part of a state highway. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
