It is a big deal. This is not something you get to see every day, even every few years, even every couple of decades. It's pretty rare.
There is nothing like it. It is hard to overstate how surreal and how beautiful and how otherworldly an eclipse is. We had an annular eclipse in October of last year, which was really also pretty unique. It's a strange thing to see the moon appear to take a bite out of the sun. But a total solar eclipse is just mind-blowingly strange and beautiful and mystical, and people are left crying and speechless. It's really pretty special to witnessnot only to see it yourself but to see the spectrum of reactions that other people have to watching this happen.
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