The Total Solar Eclipse came...and went...and took most of the hoopla with it. Where I am in PA, the skies were cloudy, the air chilled as the sky darkened a bit as if it was going to rain, the birds running around the feed dish flew into the cover of the trees and silenced...and in a few minutes, it got brighter.
No need for special glasses...as none were sought out. Light. Dark. And the birds began to chirp again afterwards. I snapped a quick photo, not looking at the sun, and caught some of the beginning of the eclipse ( center of photo).
Many of the news stations had the minute by minute darkening state by state, and I watched the varying reactions of joy and awe shared. Indianapolis Motor Speedway was one of the larger crowds I saw and watched the dark to light reactions smiling at everyone's excitement. It was a day of people being brought together to experience something that won't happen for another twenty years. I hope their experience reminds them of the feeling of togetherness until the next Eclipse.