Millions view solar eclipse as path of totality crosses through 15 states

  • The author and his family braved the traffic and crowds to lounge on a random mountain in Arkansas to experience Monday afternoon’s eclipse, including 4 minutes, 16 seconds of totality.
    The author and his family braved the traffic and crowds to lounge on a random mountain in Arkansas to experience Monday afternoon’s eclipse, including 4 minutes, 16 seconds of totality.
  • When the moon passed in front of the sun, a total eclipse allowed a featured view of the sun’s corona in this internet image.
    When the moon passed in front of the sun, a total eclipse allowed a featured view of the sun’s corona in this internet image.
  • From light to dark. A view from a hillside cut in the Ouachita Mountain chain shows how the daylight, above, became shrouded by the moon’s shadow. Though the sky was never as dark as a night sky, stars could be seen, temps dropped and night insects sang.
    From light to dark. A view from a hillside cut in the Ouachita Mountain chain shows how the daylight, above, became shrouded by the moon’s shadow. Though the sky was never as dark as a night sky, stars could be seen, temps dropped and night insects sang.
  • Millions view solar eclipse as path of totality crosses through 15 states
    Millions view solar eclipse as path of totality crosses through 15 states
  • An app that is tied into Google Maps shows the exact timing and duration of the eclipse in the location where the Thalmanns viewed Monday’s total solar eclipse.
    An app that is tied into Google Maps shows the exact timing and duration of the eclipse in the location where the Thalmanns viewed Monday’s total solar eclipse.
  • “Shadow on the Square” in downtown Ozark, Ark., was one of several eclipse-related festivals during the eclipse.
    “Shadow on the Square” in downtown Ozark, Ark., was one of several eclipse-related festivals during the eclipse.
  • Traffic from Arkansas all the way to Kansas city was thick, but moved along well.
    Traffic from Arkansas all the way to Kansas city was thick, but moved along well.
An account from the centerline of the most viewed astronomical event in historyWith over 31 million people living along the path of Monday’s total solar eclipse, and many tourists traveling to locations along the path of totality to see it, scientists predicted this could be the most viewed astronomical event in history.Much of the United States was able to see the moon cut away at the sun…

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