I grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and I was 13 years old during the Eclipse of 1970.
Let me say how truly blessed I feel to have experienced such an awesome event. The whole neighborhood was outside as the sky darkened. The air temperature dropped rapidly, followed by gusting winds and the sounds of animals sending out their evening calls.
Then, at the exact moment of totality, the stars were visible, the winds died down and all the night animals went quiet!
The sun was a black spot in the sky surrounded by a halo.
Strangest of all . . . it was nighttime above us, but because the moon's shadow is circular, on the horizon was a 360 degree sunrise! I've never seen anything more beautiful.
As the moon's shadow passed, the winds picked up, the temperature started to rise, the dawn birds when crazy with songs - and I have memories of a rare experience
