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Totality 2017: Greenville Edition

Posted on 08/21/2017 by Kyle Mensing

That. Was. Awesome!

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My hot takes not enough for you? Let’s revisit the moment where a bunch of people all stared at the sun simultaneously.

I’ve been excited about #Eclipse2017 since I first heard it was happening sometime last year. Like, put an entry in my iCal excited.

But I was starting to get burned out before the sun even disappeared due to all the hype build up. Oh how wrong I was!

And since everyone loves blurry iPhone photos, feast on this!

totality in Greenville sc — It begins! Really, I promise, if only you could have seen it IRL. It was happening.

yeah that eclipse Greenville — It approaches! Yeah, iPhones aren’t great at this.

Greenville sc 2017 eclipse — Totality is imminent! You know, because it’s smaller. Or I just didn’t zoom enough, I honestly don’t remember.

totality in Greenville sc eclipse 2017 — Totality is upon us! A once in a lifetime event! Seriously, this part was amazing. This photo just makes it look like I held a black bean in front of the sun.

The land went dark. The streetlights came on. And the roads stilled. Rapt attention was paid by all. (ok, most? maybe a majority?)

the village of west Greenville during the 2017 eclipse — The scene around our Greenville office during totality. Dusk at 2:40 in the afternoon.

These photos not good enough for you? Thankfully my friends over at NASA had my poor phone photography skills covered.

Hear the crickets? During totality of #SolarEclipse2017 the crickets begin to chirp because they think it’s night: https://t.co/cOKssim1bY pic.twitter.com/sztula7lkD

— NASA (@NASA) August 21, 2017

Bad photos and snarky humor aside, that was incredible. Hopefully you got to experience a bit of #Eclipse2017 wherever you were!

Charleston CVB eclipse glasses — Thanks to our friends at Charleston CVB for keeping my eyebeans (and phone camera) safe.