‘Miraculous’: Astronomer’s raw reaction to total solar eclipse

Astronomer-At-Large Fred Watson has shared his raw reaction to the solar eclipse from Texas. Hundreds of millions of people in America gathered to witness the continent’s first total solar eclipse in eight years. “We had an almost miraculously clearing of the sky, just before the sun was covered completely by the disk of the moon,” Mr Watson told Sky News Australia. “It was really remarkable. “It was quite a sweaty afternoon until the moon was covering the sun, and the temperature did drop.”