Eclipse 2024: A Moment of Awe and Togetherness

Irene Cordell has seen many eclipses in her lifetime.Photo byNora Almazan/NowHabersham.com

All around Northeast Georgia on Monday, April 8, people stopped to watch nature at its best. With glasses and a chair, in parking lots and driveways, the reactions were mostly the same – “INCREDIBLE”!

Evan Windham and family watch the eclipse from their backyard in Cleveland, GA.Photo byPhoto submitted

Favorite comments from the experience

Glasses fell off: “I’m blind!”

“Is it getting colder?”

“After this eclipse, our chicken will walk on two legs!”

“A special act from the moon and sun that brings us together.”

Maelee, Isaiah, Caleb, and Grandpa McCallister enjoying the eclipse.Photo byPhoto submitted

Maelee: “The eclipse is super cool. I like how it looks like the moon, but it’s the sun!”

Isaiah: The mass movement of the sun, Earth, and Moon is very interestingly cool.”

Janice McCallister: “I’ve never seen anything like that. The next one I’ll be looking from the other side.”

Toby Grady and his family watch the eclipse today.Photo byPhoto submitted

“It was so great to, as a family, take a break from the busyness of the day and just look up and appreciate God’s handiwork. How often do we take the time to do that?”

The crew at The Torch on Cannon Bridge Road in Demorest GA.Photo byPhoto submitted