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| Total solar eclipse captivates America – live! | |
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| 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. | |
| 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 2.41pm, 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. | |
| This tweet appears to capture the moment Ben describes. | |
| Someone: don't look into the ec-Donald trump: pic.twitter.com/71wpDiwPr1 | |
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| 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. | |
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| Here in New York City we got 71.4% of an eclipse at 2.44pm. | |
| The peak eclipsing was obscured by cloud, which lessened the effect a little. The skies darkened but only in the way they do when a rain shower is imminent. The peak moment itself was a bit of an anti-climax. But at the Museum of Natural History we got a solid 30-40 minutes of moon on sun action, with occasional cheers and applause from the crowd. | |
| No roosters crowed. No one burst into song. No human sacrifices were made. | |
| But the clear skies did make for a beautiful image. Like this one, from the Guardian’s Paul Owen. He says he nearly blinded himself taking it. | |
| Got you! #eclipse pic.twitter.com/N2YP8iCtJG | |
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| The Guardian’s Charlotte Simmonds is in Big Summit Prairie at Oregon Eclipse – a week-long festival to celebrate the total eclipse. She writes: | |
| On a prairie in the woods of Ochoco national forest, attendees spent the weekend dancing, swimming, doing yoga and attending inspirational talks. At 9am on Monday morning, thousands gathered on the hills around a lake for a special eclipse “ceremony”. Some played music while others chanted, though many sat in silence. As the moment of totality approached, shouts and applause filled the air. At 10.19am – the moment of totality – people embraced as the sky fell dark, stars came out, and the sun’s extraordinary corona was visible for a brief few minutes. | On a prairie in the woods of Ochoco national forest, attendees spent the weekend dancing, swimming, doing yoga and attending inspirational talks. At 9am on Monday morning, thousands gathered on the hills around a lake for a special eclipse “ceremony”. Some played music while others chanted, though many sat in silence. As the moment of totality approached, shouts and applause filled the air. At 10.19am – the moment of totality – people embraced as the sky fell dark, stars came out, and the sun’s extraordinary corona was visible for a brief few minutes. |
| Colin Day, a video game programmer from the Bay Area, said this was his fourth eclipse. “I saw my first one at a small festival on Easter Island. Then one in Australia and one in Indonesia. It never gets old. It’s the most beautiful natural phenomenon I’ve ever seen.” | Colin Day, a video game programmer from the Bay Area, said this was his fourth eclipse. “I saw my first one at a small festival on Easter Island. Then one in Australia and one in Indonesia. It never gets old. It’s the most beautiful natural phenomenon I’ve ever seen.” |
| Sharon Melnick, 61, had travelled from her home in Klamath Falls, Oregon. “I knew this is where I wanted to be and who I wanted to be with.” She said it was her second eclipse and that witnessing the phenomenon was a moment to reflect. “I liked stepping into the silence and the darkness. I thought about what I’m leaving behind and what I’m bringing into the light. It was two minutes that could be used transformationally and I am grateful for it.” | Sharon Melnick, 61, had travelled from her home in Klamath Falls, Oregon. “I knew this is where I wanted to be and who I wanted to be with.” She said it was her second eclipse and that witnessing the phenomenon was a moment to reflect. “I liked stepping into the silence and the darkness. I thought about what I’m leaving behind and what I’m bringing into the light. It was two minutes that could be used transformationally and I am grateful for it.” |
| Vanessa Baskin, an arial performance artist, had travelled from Brooklyn. For her the eclipse symbolized a moment of personal growth she called “a marriage to myself”. “The eclipse is more than a thing that’s just happening,” she said. “I’m putting my own meaning on it. I wanted to use the union of two celestial bodies as a metaphor for loving myself.” | Vanessa Baskin, an arial performance artist, had travelled from Brooklyn. For her the eclipse symbolized a moment of personal growth she called “a marriage to myself”. “The eclipse is more than a thing that’s just happening,” she said. “I’m putting my own meaning on it. I wanted to use the union of two celestial bodies as a metaphor for loving myself.” |
| Many at the festival said it had taken them 12 hours to drive on site, which was only accessible down a dirt road, on Wednesday and Thursday due to heavy traffic. In the nearby town of Prineville, a gas station had run out of gas for several hours. “We saw them get slammed for two days,” said Sherry, a local resident who worked at the restaurant next door. Speaking on the Saturday before the eclipse, she said the restaurant itself hadn’t been as busy as expected – “we’d planned for the worst” – but they hoped “business would pick up over the weekend”. And where was she planning to watch the eclipse? “From a chair in my backyard.” | Many at the festival said it had taken them 12 hours to drive on site, which was only accessible down a dirt road, on Wednesday and Thursday due to heavy traffic. In the nearby town of Prineville, a gas station had run out of gas for several hours. “We saw them get slammed for two days,” said Sherry, a local resident who worked at the restaurant next door. Speaking on the Saturday before the eclipse, she said the restaurant itself hadn’t been as busy as expected – “we’d planned for the worst” – but they hoped “business would pick up over the weekend”. And where was she planning to watch the eclipse? “From a chair in my backyard.” |
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| Trump watching the eclipse – in pictures | Trump watching the eclipse – in pictures |
| The president was watching the eclipse from the White House with first lady Melania – and he seemed to enjoy himself. | The president was watching the eclipse from the White House with first lady Melania – and he seemed to enjoy himself. |
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| Guardian contributor Lily Raff McCaulou was with eclipse-watchers in Madras, Oregon. She writes: | Guardian contributor Lily Raff McCaulou was with eclipse-watchers in Madras, Oregon. She writes: |
| 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. | 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. | “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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| Groans here at the American Museum of Natural History as clouds obscure the sun, which is in the process of being obscured by the moon. | Groans here at the American Museum of Natural History as clouds obscure the sun, which is in the process of being obscured by the moon. |
| But then cheers as the clouds clear off! | But then cheers as the clouds clear off! |
| “I’ve been excited all summer. I’m a huge space geek so I’ve been spending the entire summer figuring out the best plan,” says Brooke Boetticher, 21. | “I’ve been excited all summer. I’m a huge space geek so I’ve been spending the entire summer figuring out the best plan,” says Brooke Boetticher, 21. |
| Boetticher is here with her mum, Janet, and sister Brittany, who is 16. They’ve travelled her from Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, to witness the eclipse in the city. | Boetticher is here with her mum, Janet, and sister Brittany, who is 16. They’ve travelled her from Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, to witness the eclipse in the city. |
| The Boettichers have all got eclipse glasses and have formed what they call an “eclipse family”. The eclipse family is made up of their actual family, two other women, and me. | The Boettichers have all got eclipse glasses and have formed what they call an “eclipse family”. The eclipse family is made up of their actual family, two other women, and me. |
| The Boetticher family witnessing the eclipse in NYC pic.twitter.com/HGNBvSrk9e | The Boetticher family witnessing the eclipse in NYC pic.twitter.com/HGNBvSrk9e |
| “It’s like a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Brittany says. | “It’s like a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Brittany says. |
| “It’s really cool to be able to see it and be here with a bunch of people who also like seeing the same thing.” | “It’s really cool to be able to see it and be here with a bunch of people who also like seeing the same thing.” |
| A quick scroll through this blog will reveal the difficulty I’ve had in describing the eclipse all day. | A quick scroll through this blog will reveal the difficulty I’ve had in describing the eclipse all day. |
| Brittany puts it quite well though: | Brittany puts it quite well though: |
| “It’s like a reverse crescent moon. Instead of the moon its the sun.” | “It’s like a reverse crescent moon. Instead of the moon its the sun.” |
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| It’s been a big day for Nasa – the space agency reported 4.4 million people were watching its TV coverage midway through the eclipse, the biggest livestream event in its history. | It’s been a big day for Nasa – the space agency reported 4.4 million people were watching its TV coverage midway through the eclipse, the biggest livestream event in its history. |
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| The solar eclipse continues to march eastwards – and we’ve got about half an hour until its final bow at 2.49pm ET near Charleston, South Carolina. Send us your pics and video! | The solar eclipse continues to march eastwards – and we’ve got about half an hour until its final bow at 2.49pm ET near Charleston, South Carolina. Send us your pics and video! |
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| Here’s a refresher of where we’re up to. Idaho has just experienced a total eclipse, and cities and towns in the middle of the US will soon be treated to the same. | Here’s a refresher of where we’re up to. Idaho has just experienced a total eclipse, and cities and towns in the middle of the US will soon be treated to the same. |
| Here on the east coast we can already see a partial eclipse. South Carolina will be the last state to get a total eclipse, at around 2.40pm. | Here on the east coast we can already see a partial eclipse. South Carolina will be the last state to get a total eclipse, at around 2.40pm. |
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