Witnessing the 2024 total solar eclipse from Niagara Falls State Park was an incredibly emotional experience, and watching the moon completely cover the sun brought me to tears
The excitement in the air was palpable as I got off the bus and started walking toward Niagara Falls State Park — the Great American Eclipse, a rare total solar eclipse , was fast approaching, and I, like hundreds of others, was desperately hoping for the opportunity to catch even a glimpse of the rare celestial phenomenon.
I spoke with a couple who had travelled all the way from Richmond, Virginia, a nearly nine-hour, 500-mile drive. Maureen and Bill Dunleavy were "disappointed" by the clouds, but they held out hope. Then, the skies grew darker. The sharp, bright, silvery grey of the clouds turned an eerie, dark, ashen colour. The air continued to grow colder, and I shivered as I sat on a soft patch of grass on a hill looking directly out at the falls.
It was like watching dusk fall in a matter of minutes, with all the same beauty of a sunset. I began to tear up as the sheer beauty of the celestial phenomenon shook me to my core. Suddenly, it looked just as it had before the event began — like a typical overcast day in western New York at around 3.30pm. People cheered as they watched the sun "rise" again.
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