Reaction to the total solar eclipse in the U.S.:
“The show has just begun, people! What a gorgeous day! Isn’t this great, people?” – Jim Todd, a director at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Salem, Oregon.
“It made me all teary-eyed. It was just so momentous. Just really cool – and very pretty.” – Robyn Mason, who watched with her husband, Greg, at the Lincoln Saltdogs minor league baseball game in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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“Oh God, Oh, that was amazing. That was better than any photo.” – Joe Dellinger of Houston who set up a telescope on the Capitol lawn in Jefferson City, Missouri.