FOR ONE BRIEF MOMENT…
Most people from coast to coast scurried around to either buy eclipse glasses or checked out Pinterest in order make something at home in order to view the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse, the first total solar eclipse’s in 38 years. …for those in contiguous United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii).
The last time anyone in mainland US saw a total eclipse of the Sun was on February 26, 1979. If you live in the US and miss this event, you’ll have to wait 7 more years, until April 8, 2024, to see a total solar eclipse from a location in the contiguous United States.
What makes this eclipse extra special is that it is the first time since the total solar eclipse of January 11, 1880 that a total solar eclipse will occur exclusively over the continental United States—no other country will see totality, though many countries will see a partial eclipse of the Sun.
Because of these reasons, the eclipse is also being called the Great American Eclipse.
Although Louisa didn’t experience complete darkness, Western Ky. did. Governor Matt Bevin visited Hopkinsville, Ky. During the eclipse, as it was said to be one of the greatest places to watch it from.
But our favorite place was in the Lawrence County/Ft. Gay area, always is…
