The total solar eclipse that occurred in 2017 was the first to pass over The United States since 1979 and people were READY.
Towns, cities, roads, and highways were at a standstill for hours as people exited their cars to stand and watch the sky regardless of their current location. I, on the other hand, trekked the 9 hours from sunny South Florida to the vast, empty fields of South Carolina. We loaded up the car and took shifts driving to my friend’s newly built house in SC (conveniently in the path of the eclipse and also in the middle of nowhere).
Not much to say about the trip except for the actual moment of the eclipse, a possibly once in a lifetime occurence. It was beautiful and weird and also lasted approximately 5 minutes max. When I look back, we drove 9 hours to SC, sat out in an empty, hot, and bug infested field for 2 hours only to see the sky get dark and then light again in 5 minutes… but i wouldn’t trade that experience for the world. I wish I could put in videos to show you what happened when it got dark but instead I’ll share these photos from a man we met in the field, he hauled his huge pro camera along with the sun cover (like the glasses everyone had) to field in order to capture this moment. The result was kinda spectacular.
xx Meg
Megan Guido 