The
U.S First Family gathered on the White House balcony and joined
millions of Americans to watch the first total solar eclipse to sweep
across America in 99 years.
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
Trump and Melania watching the eclipse
American President, Donald Trump was joined on the balcony of the
White House by his wife Melania, his children, Barron and Ivanka, and
cabinet members including Jeff Sessions, to watch the first total solar
eclipse to sweep across America in 99 years.
According to a report by Dailymail,
darkness swept across the US on Monday during the once-in-a-lifetime
event as the eclipse traveled from coast to coast, ending just before
3pm EDT in South Carolina.
The celestial event began in Oregon at just after 9am PDT, and by
10.20am, the sun was completely blocked out except for a halo-like solar
corona plunging the area into twilight.
Over the next 90 minutes, the total eclipse traveled through 14
different states until ending in South Carolina. The other 36 states
were all treated to a partial solar eclipse, where the moon covers only a
part of the sun.
Millions had turned out to see the natural spectacle, including the
Trumps and dozen of celebrities including the Kardashian clan, Ellen
DeGeneres and Serena Williams.
In Oregon, locals ran out of their homes, with eclipse glasses or
homemade contraptions in hand, to watch the moon fully cover the sun.
'It's really, really, really, really awesome,' said 9-year-old Cami
Smith as she watched the fully eclipsed sun from a gravel lane near her
grandfather's home at Beverly Beach, Oregon.
The temperature dropped and birds quieted down as the line of
darkness raced across the continent. In Boise, Idaho, people clapped and
whooped, and the street lights came on briefly in the middle of the
day, while in Nashville, Tennessee, people craned the necks at the sun
and knocked back longneck beers at Nudie's Honky Tonk bar.
This is the first time America has experienced a coast to coast, total solar eclipse in 99 years.
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