Clip: Season 51 | 2m 13s | Video has closed captioning.
Cities across the US dipped into darkness during a total solar eclipse. Here’s what it looked like as seen by Americans all over the country.
Aired: 04/12/24
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(onlooker gasps) - [Onlooker] Shut the (bleep) up.
- [Onlooker 2] Woo!
- [Onlooker] Oh, my God!
(dog barking) - [Onlooker 2] Oh, my God!
(crowd cheering) - [Eclipse Viewers] Whoa!
- [Buffalo Viewer] Nah!
(Buffalo sightseer shouts) Yo, it's dead dark, y'all.
What do you mean?
Look at this.
Look at this.
(people banter) - Wait a minute.
- [Jackson Viewer] Oh, snap, it's gettin' dark, y'all!
- [Eclipse Viewer] Is it really?
- [Jackson Viewer] Yes!
(crowd chatters) - [Participant] You can see it.
- [Child] I can see it.
(crowd chatters) (person laughs) - [Edinboro Viewer] There it is.
- [Eclipse Viewer] Yes, it's black!
- [Edinboro Viewer] Woo!
- [Eclipse Viewer] Oh my, oh my God!
- [Sightseer] I cannot believe this.
- [Child] Oh my gosh.
- [Child 2] I've never seen this!
- [Child] It's so tiny for you guys for some reason.
It looks like the sun, with a little tiny dot inside.
It's a beautiful sunset without the sun.
(child chuckles) - [Onyx Viewer] This is amazing.
We're in Onyx, Arkansas, totality.
You have Jupiter in the lower right hand corner.
The other planet.
(fireworks crackling) We have some fireworks in the distance.
This is absolutely crazy.
(fireworks crackling) I've never seen anything like this ever.
- We drove for about five hours from the Philadelphia area all the way up to Geneva, New York, in the Finger Lakes, and today we're on the banks of the Seneca Lake to watch the eclipse.
Wow, pretty quiet crowd, but we're having fun.
- What?
- Look at that and it's like sunrise or sunset, all around, 360.
- Do you see it?
(Crickets chirping) There's not a cloud covering it.
- [Toddler] Mom, you need to pick me up.
- Okay.
Okay, you gotta put your glasses on.
- [Kingsland Viewer] It looks like a toenail, eww!
- [Parent] Come here, ready?
(people chatter) (person laughs) - [Child] It's (indistinct).
- [Person] Okay, good, you can.
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