Wyoming prepares for 2017 total solar eclipse tourism rush

Officials in Wyoming's Teton County are already setting up management plans to prepare for a crush of 40,000 tourists, including people camping illegally, who are expected to swarm Jackson Hole next summer to see a total solar eclipse.

Jackson Hole lies in the path of the first total solar eclipse that will be viewable from the mainland US in nearly four decades. The eclipse will occur on Aug 21, 2017, and will be visible from 12 US states.

The last total eclipse over the US happened on Feb. 26, 1979, and was visible from parts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and North Dakota.