Yesterday’s rare celestial spectacle had everyone here at the Washington radio center captivated and buzzing for much of the afternoon yesterday.
Beginning around 1:00 staffers here exited the building at regular intervals to look skyward through ISO approved eclipse glasses as the show began to unfold. As the moon moved steadily between the earth and sun, the early afternoon took on a look of early evening look and feel and the excitement mounted as the event reached its peak totality for this area about 2:30.
In the end it was somewhat anti-climactic as it didn’t get as dark as many of us had hoped it might.
Thousands went to Kentucky yesterday to view the eclipse where it could be seen the best. A lot of those who made the trek were from Indiana…
There’ll be another in the U.S. in the year 2024, and the kicker there is our immediate area is said to be the prime viewing site. Meaning we could see the activity and rush upon us as Hopkinsville and Madisonville Kentucky did yesterday…so until then, keep those glasses safe.
Thousands of people from across the country and even other parts of the world travelled south yesterday to get a view of the solar eclipse yesterday. After it was over, thousands of people were stuck in traffic jams trying to get back home. People sat in traffic up to five hours along I-69 in the Evansville area. Indiana State Police had warned of heavy traffic expected in the southern part of the state, near where eclipse viewing was near 100 percent.