Spectacle articles
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Eclipse delivers solar spectacle
So I can officially check that box on the “not-quite-bucket list” that I joked about last week.
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A total eclipse is more than a spectacle. So I'm on the road to see it — again
With the probable exception of glimpsing Earthrise out the window of Apollo 8, a total solar eclipse may be the best show in the universe accessible to human eyes. I didn't quite understand this seven years ago when I drove 900 miles all night and into morning from L.A. to Idaho the last time a total eclipse visited North America. But what I saw then has set me on the road again, this time to St. Louis, with plans to venture southeast for Monday's eclipse. The allure is not just the spectacle of...
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Eclipse an extraordinary celestial spectacle, observers say
Monday’s total eclipse was only three minutes long, but to some the celestial spectacle was more impressive than the hype leading up to the event. That was the consensus from people interviewed at Seacliff Park and Seacliff Beach in Leamington Monday afternoon. Thousands of people gathered at various locations in Leamington, bringing potable fold-up chairs, […]