A lesson from the 2017 solar eclipse: Don't look up. Look around. And listen [VIDEO]
It was eerie and amazing. A quiet spectacle.
We chased the last total solar eclipse back on August 21, 2017. Traveling from Louisiana to a rural road in Missouri, we found the perfect spot.
We were surrounded by farmland on a two-lane road outside Guthrie, Township, Missouri — 18 miles north of Missouri's state capital, Jefferson City. We passed groups of other eclipse chasers, some camping out at their viewing locations.
Looking for a quiet place to stop, we found a little turnoff just past a church.
The video below is from a camera we set up on a nearby fence pole.
It's a slowly unfolding scene. A quiet road with a rare passing vehicle. Note the clouds on the horizon. Soon, they will be etched and backlit in the dark. As a four-minute night falls, you'll hear crickets — and a rooster crowing. I'm not sure if he was announcing nightfall or perhaps the new daybreak from the shortest night he's ever seen.
The camera automatically adjusts its aperture to allow more light on the lens as the darkness descends, so it's a subtle shift…
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