Reporting tonight from carbondale, illinois, heres Anthony Mason. Mason good evening. It was the greatest show on earth. The sun and the moon put on a celestial performance for an audience of hundreds of million, a matinee that saw the moon upstage the sun and bring darkness to daytime. The sun was completely blocked for a couple minutes n a band 70 miles wide that stretched across 14 states from oregon to south carolina. It was the first coasttocoast total eclipse in 99 years, for Many Americans a onceinalifetime chance to witness and celebrate a wonder of the universe. We have a team of correspondents at key locations across the zone of totality, and we begin with mark strassmann. Oh, my god, its almost complete. Reporter across america, the clockwork of the cosmos turned day into night and then day again. And for one afternoon, millions of people looked up at the sky rather than down at their phones. Oh, my gosh. Reporter 200 million americans live within a days drive of the path of
Next big Solar Eclipse which is in april of 2024. Yeah, and the crossroads, mark strassman, will be here again in carbondale, illinois. We had a total eclipse today, there will be another one in seven years. Tens of thousands came here to Southern Illinois university in carbondale to watch the total eclipse. Some came for fun, some for the science. Here is adriana diaz. Reporter totality was a golden opportunity for nasa scientists like lou gallo. This is game day, like the superbowl of eclipses. Reporter they gave superbowl worthy words as the u. S. Caught its first glimpse in oregon. It is amazing, fantastic. Reporter because of the potential for data collection, nasa covered it like the big game. They aimed 14 satellites, flew ten airplanes, launched upwards of 70 datacollecting balloons and deployed telescopes along the path of totality. Why is it important to study the suns corona . The most simple answer is were explores. It is in our genes so we explore the universe. Reporter ev
Mark strassman. Oh, my, it is almost complete. Reporter across america the clock work of the cosmos turned day into night, and then day again. And for one afternoon, millions of people looked up at the sky rather than down at their phones. Oh, my gosh, there it goes reporter 200 million americans live within a days drive of the path of totality, and many hit the road to witness the laws of nature go topsyturvy. Have a good time. Reporter 100,000 star gazers surged into madras, oregon, population 7,000. When the magic moment arrived, totality, people across the unit canry gaped in wonder, including our team of cbs news correspondents. This is incredible to watch. It is gone, it is gone. It is gone, were in darkness. Take off the glasses. Reporter satellite imagery showed the trajectory sweep. From the Pacific Northwest the eclipse raced 2500 miles across americas heartland in roughly 90 minutes. It was just as riveting from 30,000 feet. Youll have a nice view of the sun off the righthan
Reporting tonight from carbondale, illinois, heres anthony mason. Mason and this is our western edition. Good evening. It was the greatest show on earth. The sun and the moon put on a celestial performance for an audience of hundreds of millions, a matinee that saw the moon upstage the sun and bring darkness to daytime. The sun was completely blocked for a couple minutes in a band 70 miles wide that stretched across 14 states from oregon to south carolina. It was the first coasttocoast total eclipse in 99 years, for Many Americans a onceina lifetime chance to witness and celebrate a wonder of the universe. We have a team of correspondents at key locations across the zone of totality, and we begin with mark strassmann. Oh, my god, its almost complete. Reporter across america, the clockwork of the cosmos turned day into night and then day again. And for one afternoon, millions of people looked up at the sky rather than down at their phones. Oh, my gosh. There it goes. Reporter 200 millio