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Dave Dardis owner of the Rainmaker art studio, shop, and gardens in Makanda, Illinois talks about the "Solar Eclipse Pendants" he created on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Makanda will get two minutes, 40.2 seconds of darkness during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, more than anywhere else in the United States. The center point of the eclipse will pass directly through Dardis' shop and he has pointed a bright orange strip on the ground and up walls of his business to attract the public to his shop. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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Dave Dardis owner of the Rainmaker art studio, shop, and gardens in Makanda, Illinois straddles the line he painted on the to mark the center point of the August eclipse on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Makanda will get two minutes, 40.2 seconds of darkness during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, more than anywhere else in the United States. The center point of the eclipse will pass directly through Dardis' shop and he has pointed a bright orange strip on the ground and up walls of his business to attract the public to his shop. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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Dave Dardis owner of the Rainmaker art studio, shop, and gardens in Makanda, Illinois pops a beer at the end of his work day on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Makanda will get two minutes, 40.2 seconds of darkness during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, more than anywhere else in the United States. The center point of the eclipse will pass directly through Dardis' shop and he has pointed a bright orange strip on the ground and up walls of his business to attract the public to his shop. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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Eric Weeks, left, Misty Stagner, and Dakota Stagner, gather outside of Dave Dardis' Rainmaker art studio, shop, and gardens in Makanda, Illinois as they tour the town on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Makanda will get two minutes, 40.2 seconds of darkness during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21 - more than anywhere else in the United States. The center point of the eclipse will pass directly through Dardis' shop and he has pointed a bright orange strip on the ground and up walls of his business to attract the public to his shop. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
