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| Total solar eclipse captivates America – as it happened | |
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| Until next time | |
| Well that was fun. | |
| We saw the moon totally eclipse the sun. We saw people observe it. We saw darkness briefly reign. | |
| We saw the president defy the advice of scientists and stare straight at the sun. We heard stories of animals going berserk. We listened to Bonnie Tyler doing karaoke. | |
| All in all it proved to be a very nice distraction from Everything Else. | |
| Thanks for reading, we hope you had fun, and we’ll see everyone in 2024. Hopefully. | |
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| Total murder of the heart | Total murder of the heart |
| Earlier today – pre-eclipse – we brought you news that Bonnie Tyler would be performing her hit “Total Eclipse of the Heart” during the total eclipse of the sun. | Earlier today – pre-eclipse – we brought you news that Bonnie Tyler would be performing her hit “Total Eclipse of the Heart” during the total eclipse of the sun. |
| It’s... not the best rendition I’ve ever heard. | It’s... not the best rendition I’ve ever heard. |
| Oh cool you saw the eclipse... did you sing Total Eclipse of the Heart with Bonnie Tyler On a cruise ship while the Eclipse happened? pic.twitter.com/nd8bf1uFqI | Oh cool you saw the eclipse... did you sing Total Eclipse of the Heart with Bonnie Tyler On a cruise ship while the Eclipse happened? pic.twitter.com/nd8bf1uFqI |
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| Are you blind now? | Are you blind now? |
| My colleagues have published a handy guide on how to tell if your vision has been permanently damaged from the eclipse. | My colleagues have published a handy guide on how to tell if your vision has been permanently damaged from the eclipse. |
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| The view from the zoo | The view from the zoo |
| This is from Kathleen Murray Harris, in Columbia, South Carolina. The Palmetto State was the last to experience a total eclipse, at around 2.40pm. | This is from Kathleen Murray Harris, in Columbia, South Carolina. The Palmetto State was the last to experience a total eclipse, at around 2.40pm. |
| The giraffes started running toward the elephants; the flamingos began to fly away; the lorikeets began to get eerily quiet. A peak capacity crowd of 8,800 people gathered at the Riverbanks Zoo and Gardens to watch the eclipse—and to bear witness and record its effect on the zoo’s animals. | The giraffes started running toward the elephants; the flamingos began to fly away; the lorikeets began to get eerily quiet. A peak capacity crowd of 8,800 people gathered at the Riverbanks Zoo and Gardens to watch the eclipse—and to bear witness and record its effect on the zoo’s animals. |
| As the sky began to darken and turn a luminescent shade of gray, about five minutes before totality at 2:41 pm, the crowd began to get just as excited as the animals. “It’s happening…oh my,” screamed a group of students from Heritage Academy Middle School in Augusta, GA. | As the sky began to darken and turn a luminescent shade of gray, about five minutes before totality at 2:41 pm, the crowd began to get just as excited as the animals. “It’s happening…oh my,” screamed a group of students from Heritage Academy Middle School in Augusta, GA. |
| They traveled with their teacher, Larry Martin, to Columbia since it was “the best place to watch” but some students admitted they were more excited to go to the zoo. That quickly changed once the sky turned dark. “The giraffes, the giraffes…look at the giraffes,” they screamed in glee. Charlotte, NC resident Matt Dowell was also awestruck. | They traveled with their teacher, Larry Martin, to Columbia since it was “the best place to watch” but some students admitted they were more excited to go to the zoo. That quickly changed once the sky turned dark. “The giraffes, the giraffes…look at the giraffes,” they screamed in glee. Charlotte, NC resident Matt Dowell was also awestruck. |
| “I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t that excited about the eclipse, but that was awesome,” he said. | “I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t that excited about the eclipse, but that was awesome,” he said. |
| Zoo officials had been planning for this event for 6 months and didn’t know what to expect—in terms of the crowds and animal behavior. Columbia resident and zoo representative Susan O’Cain said that Columbia had received a lot of attention and the planning was a little overwhelming at times. | Zoo officials had been planning for this event for 6 months and didn’t know what to expect—in terms of the crowds and animal behavior. Columbia resident and zoo representative Susan O’Cain said that Columbia had received a lot of attention and the planning was a little overwhelming at times. |
| “I’m exhausted, but I thrive off this. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.” | “I’m exhausted, but I thrive off this. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.” |
| Adam Hartstone-Rose, the Zoo’s adjunct scientist and professor of cell biology and anatomy at USC Medical School, was running from exhibit to exhibit to witness the animal activity. He was euphoric about the response and said the Chinese fortune cookie he received this week proved true: “Opportunity awaits you next Monday.” | Adam Hartstone-Rose, the Zoo’s adjunct scientist and professor of cell biology and anatomy at USC Medical School, was running from exhibit to exhibit to witness the animal activity. He was euphoric about the response and said the Chinese fortune cookie he received this week proved true: “Opportunity awaits you next Monday.” |
| The giraffes weren’t the only animal to act strangely. | The giraffes weren’t the only animal to act strangely. |
| On Saturday, Dan the Komodo Dragon did not move at all. On Sunday and Monday, he moved only two or three feet. | On Saturday, Dan the Komodo Dragon did not move at all. On Sunday and Monday, he moved only two or three feet. |
| At the exact moment of totality: “He ran across his exhibit toward his enclosure. He’s never done this before,” said Adam Hartstone-Rose, the Zoo’s adjunct scientist and professor of cell biology and anatomy at USC Medical School. | At the exact moment of totality: “He ran across his exhibit toward his enclosure. He’s never done this before,” said Adam Hartstone-Rose, the Zoo’s adjunct scientist and professor of cell biology and anatomy at USC Medical School. |
| Within a few minutes of the sun coming back, all the animals seemed to go back to normal. | Within a few minutes of the sun coming back, all the animals seemed to go back to normal. |
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| 'I could have looked at that for another 20 minutes!' | 'I could have looked at that for another 20 minutes!' |
| Here’s the Guardian’s story of the eclipse, from our reporters around the country: | Here’s the Guardian’s story of the eclipse, from our reporters around the country: |
| After weeks of anticipation, the sight of the moon’s silhouette passing directly in front of the sun, blotting out all but a halo-like solar corona and causing a precipitous drop in temperature, drew whoops and cheers from onlookers gathered in Madras, Oregon. | After weeks of anticipation, the sight of the moon’s silhouette passing directly in front of the sun, blotting out all but a halo-like solar corona and causing a precipitous drop in temperature, drew whoops and cheers from onlookers gathered in Madras, Oregon. |
| “First contact!” someone yelled. Horns honked. Eclipse glasses were popped on to faces, all of which turned eastward to the sun. | “First contact!” someone yelled. Horns honked. Eclipse glasses were popped on to faces, all of which turned eastward to the sun. |
| As the sky grew dark, around 10.16am, the temperature started to drop and eclipse viewers started to shout and cheer. The most common exclamation was: “Oh my God!” A ring of light glimmered around the black moon – the long-awaited corona, finally safe to view with the naked eye. | As the sky grew dark, around 10.16am, the temperature started to drop and eclipse viewers started to shout and cheer. The most common exclamation was: “Oh my God!” A ring of light glimmered around the black moon – the long-awaited corona, finally safe to view with the naked eye. |
| Light returned quickly. “Come back, moon!” someone yelled. As onlookers exhaled and shook the tension out of their bodies, someone said: “I could have looked at that for another 20 minutes!” | Light returned quickly. “Come back, moon!” someone yelled. As onlookers exhaled and shook the tension out of their bodies, someone said: “I could have looked at that for another 20 minutes!” |
| As quickly as it came, the eclipse receded, as the umbra – the location of the total shadow – bolted across the continent at an average speed of 1,700 miles per hour. When all is said and done the “totality” will have engulfed a strip of the country occupied by 12.2 million people, joined temporarily by millions more who traveled to the 70-mile-wide eclipse path for the spectacle. | As quickly as it came, the eclipse receded, as the umbra – the location of the total shadow – bolted across the continent at an average speed of 1,700 miles per hour. When all is said and done the “totality” will have engulfed a strip of the country occupied by 12.2 million people, joined temporarily by millions more who traveled to the 70-mile-wide eclipse path for the spectacle. |
| In Madras, Keeman Wong had been waiting 15 years for the moment. He first bought a solar filter as a middle schooler in Hong Kong in the 1960s, to protect his eyes during a partial eclipse. For the past 15 years, Wong, who now lives in Los Angeles, has attempted to witness a total solar eclipse – in Zimbabwe, Easter Island and China – but each attempt was foiled by weather, travel snags or state department warnings against travel to dangerous areas. He was entranced by how eclipse viewers spoke about their experiences. | In Madras, Keeman Wong had been waiting 15 years for the moment. He first bought a solar filter as a middle schooler in Hong Kong in the 1960s, to protect his eyes during a partial eclipse. For the past 15 years, Wong, who now lives in Los Angeles, has attempted to witness a total solar eclipse – in Zimbabwe, Easter Island and China – but each attempt was foiled by weather, travel snags or state department warnings against travel to dangerous areas. He was entranced by how eclipse viewers spoke about their experiences. |
| “They describe it as life-changing,” he said. | “They describe it as life-changing,” he said. |
| This time, he let nothing get in his way. He even packed the small rectangular filter that he’d bought five decades ago. | This time, he let nothing get in his way. He even packed the small rectangular filter that he’d bought five decades ago. |
| “I got here early because I said, ‘if there’s an accident on the road, an earthquake… I’m going to be there’,” he said. “It’s worth everything.” | “I got here early because I said, ‘if there’s an accident on the road, an earthquake… I’m going to be there’,” he said. “It’s worth everything.” |
| For Wong, the most spectacular moment was the end of the total eclipse. “I’m not religious but I think it’s something very like when God says, ‘let there be light’,” he said. | For Wong, the most spectacular moment was the end of the total eclipse. “I’m not religious but I think it’s something very like when God says, ‘let there be light’,” he said. |
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| The International Space Station caused quite a stir today when it cruised past the sun, mid-eclipse. | The International Space Station caused quite a stir today when it cruised past the sun, mid-eclipse. |
| The ISS orbits the earth 15.54 times a day, travelling at 17,200mph, I just found out. | The ISS orbits the earth 15.54 times a day, travelling at 17,200mph, I just found out. |
| Here's what the International Space Station looked like crossing in front of the mid-eclipse sun https://t.co/8f86nCg9zN #SolarEclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/Ro6kXYVqq1 | Here's what the International Space Station looked like crossing in front of the mid-eclipse sun https://t.co/8f86nCg9zN #SolarEclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/Ro6kXYVqq1 |
| International Space Station #Eclipse photobomb via @NASA pic.twitter.com/NashX5OCEX | International Space Station #Eclipse photobomb via @NASA pic.twitter.com/NashX5OCEX |
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| Staff warn Trump not to look directly at sun | Staff warn Trump not to look directly at sun |
| Here’s a report from the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs, who is on duty as the White House pool reporter today. It seems President Trump had to be cautioned against looking at the sun. | Here’s a report from the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs, who is on duty as the White House pool reporter today. It seems President Trump had to be cautioned against looking at the sun. |
| At 2.38pm, the President, the First Lady and Barron Trump walked onto the Blue Room Balcony. The President waved and gestured at the crowd and occasionally made inaudible comments. When one reporter asked him “How’s the view?” the President responded with a thumbs up gesture. | At 2.38pm, the President, the First Lady and Barron Trump walked onto the Blue Room Balcony. The President waved and gestured at the crowd and occasionally made inaudible comments. When one reporter asked him “How’s the view?” the President responded with a thumbs up gesture. |
| At approximately 2.39pm, the President initially gesticulated to the crowd below and pointed at the sky. As he did so, one of the White House aides standing beneath the Blue Room Balcony shouted “don’t look.” | At approximately 2.39pm, the President initially gesticulated to the crowd below and pointed at the sky. As he did so, one of the White House aides standing beneath the Blue Room Balcony shouted “don’t look.” |
| At approximately 2.41pm, almost at the eclipse’s apex, the President put on glasses and stood next to the First Lady observing the eclipse for approximately 90 seconds. Barron Trump joined them briefly as well. | At approximately 2.41pm, almost at the eclipse’s apex, the President put on glasses and stood next to the First Lady observing the eclipse for approximately 90 seconds. Barron Trump joined them briefly as well. |
| At 2.45pm, the President, the First Lady and Barron Trump walked back into the White House. They were followed shortly thereafter by the remaining dignitaries on the balcony. | At 2.45pm, the President, the First Lady and Barron Trump walked back into the White House. They were followed shortly thereafter by the remaining dignitaries on the balcony. |
| This tweet appears to capture the moment Ben describes. | This tweet appears to capture the moment Ben describes. |
| Someone: don't look into the ec-Donald trump: pic.twitter.com/71wpDiwPr1 | Someone: don't look into the ec-Donald trump: pic.twitter.com/71wpDiwPr1 |
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| Totality ends over America | Totality ends over America |
| At 2.48pm local time in Charleston, South Carolina, the path of totality moved off the coast into the sea – and now America must wait another seven years for a total eclipse. A partial solar eclipse will remain until about 4.10pm. | At 2.48pm local time in Charleston, South Carolina, the path of totality moved off the coast into the sea – and now America must wait another seven years for a total eclipse. A partial solar eclipse will remain until about 4.10pm. |
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