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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.

Millions witnessed the Moon cover the Sun on April 8, some viewers sent us their videos.

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.

How America watched the solar eclipse

Millions witnessed the Moon cover the Sun on April 8, some viewers sent us their videos.

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How America watched the solar eclipsePublished: April 16, 2024Speaker 1: Shut the **** up.Speaker 2: Whoa. Holy God.Speaker 1: Oh my God.Speaker 2: Oh my God.Speaker 1: Whoa.Speaker 2: Whoa.Speaker 3: No. Yo, it's dead dark, y'all. What do you mean? Look at this. Look at this.Speaker 4: Wait a minute.Speaker 5: Oh, snap. It's getting dark, y'all.Speaker 6: Is it really?Speaker 5: Yeah.Speaker 7: I can see it from here.Speaker 8: I can see it.Speaker 9: There it is.Speaker 10: Oh, fade to black.Speaker 11: Oh my God.Speaker 9: Oh my.Speaker 12: It's time.Speaker 13: Oh my God.Speaker 15: Is it what?Speaker 16: I cannot believe this.Speaker 17: Oh my gosh.Speaker 18: I've never seen it.Speaker 17: It's so tiny for you guys, for some reason. It looks like the sun with little tiny dot inside.Speaker 19: It's a beautiful sunset without the sun.Speaker 20: This is amazing. We're in Onyx, Arkansas, totality. You have Jupiter in the lower right-hand corner. Another planet. We have some fireworks in the distance. This is absolutely crazy. I've never seen anything like this ever.Speaker 21: Trying to get rid of the evil spirits.Speaker 22: We drove for about five hours from the Philadelphia area, all the way up to Geneva, New York, in the Finger Lakes. Today, we're on the banks of the Seneca Lake to watch the eclipse. Wow. Pretty quiet crowd, but we're having fun.Speaker 23: What? Look at that.Speaker 24: Look at that. It's like sunrise or sunset, all around, 360.Speaker 25: Do you see it? There's not a cloud covering it.Speaker 26: I need you to pick me up.Speaker 25: Okay. You got to put your glasses on.Speaker 27: It looks like a toenail. Ew.Speaker 25: Come here. Ready?Speaker 28: Record yourself.Speaker 29: Okay, good. You just want to argue.

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