The first total solar eclipse to sweep the U.S.
He says he will never forget that “it was 10:30 and it became night.” He says “just watching the light become silvery, and the temperature drop, that was also a pretty amazing thing.” Hays says he liked it because he had a clear view across the entire landscape. He saw Monday’s eclipse from a deck overlooking the Willamette Valley and the foothills of the Coastal Range. He experienced one in Guatemala about 27 years ago. John Hays drove up from Bishop, California, for the total eclipse in Salem, Oregon, and says the experience will stay with him forever. She says the rhinos were more confused than anything. Teresa Morehead, of Indianapolis, says she was surprised to see the animals running. About 20 feet away, some of the rhinos were doing their best imitation of running after heading toward their pens when it got dark. The two juvenile giraffes, Mazi, a 6-month-old, and Nasha, a 3-year-old, raced in circles as the people stared. The crickets and other animals grew noisy as it got darker at the Nashville zoo, but when the sun was totally blotted out, it was the humans who drowned out the animals, clapping, “oohing” and “aahing” for more than the nearly two minutes the total eclipse lasted.Īnd then once the light returned, the show began. and 827 percent worldwide during the past two weeks. Spotify says streams of the song have increased by 2,859 percent in the U.S.
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A total eclipse was viewable in a narrow band across the sea. Maarten on Monday, when the moon passed in front of the sun. “Total Eclipse Cruise” left from Florida on Sunday, sailing through the Caribbean toward St. The Welsh singer was backed on the ballad by Joe Jonas’ band, DNCE, during a Monday afternoon performance in an outdoor theater on Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas. Some cruise passengers have watched the solar eclipse as Bonnie Tyler sang her hit, “Total Eclipse of the Heart.” This story has been corrected to show the cross is about 100 feet tall, not 1,000 feet. He says the experience is one “they’ll remember for the rest of their lives.” Schueck says viewing the eclipse was “one of the most moving experiences” he’s had, and he’s glad the family got to witness it. He says it was “as if the sun set and rose within about three minutes.” Schueck says the girls’ indifference switched to amazement during the eclipse. He says Ava and Hayden weren’t excited about riding with the family from Little Rock, Arkansas, to Alto Pass, Illinois, the night before to view the eclipse atop a mountain featuring a 100-foot-tall cross.Įven after arriving at Bald Knob Cross of Peace, one of them sat looking at her iPhone. Patrick Schueck says his 10-year-old twin daughters were not very interested in seeing the eclipse - until they saw it. She says the eclipse was hard to process, but she wants to see it again. Twenty-six-year-old passenger Jasmine Shepherd, of Charlotte, North Carolina, won a seat on the flight through a social media contest. Rao helped the airline figure out the logistics of the flight.
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The jet flew for nearly three hours over the Pacific Ocean to intercept the eclipse, allowing passengers to watch full blockage of the sun from their seats.Įxcitement on the plane built as New York Hayden Planetarium instructor Joe Rao counted down the final seconds before the moon blacked out the sun. Scientists, journalists and contest winners were among about 100 people who enjoyed a closer look at the eclipse, thanks to a special eclipse-chasing charter flight by Alaska Airlines. Jennifer Sandlin confirmed the pedestrians were viewing the partial eclipse. The condition of Wooton and Noble weren’t immediately known. Thirty-eight-year-old motorist Alyssa Noble was taken to a medical center. Hays was pronounced dead, and 41-year-old Rhonda Belcher was flown to the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington. State Police Trooper Jody Sims says the car crossed the center line and hit a utility pole and the pedestrians Monday in Hyden, about 120 miles (190 kilometers) southeast of Lexington. The Latest on the total solar eclipse crossing the U.S., from Oregon to South Carolina (all times EDT):Īuthorities say two women watching the eclipse while standing on a sidewalk in Kentucky were struck by a car, and one has died.
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