Total Eclipse Wows the Mid-South

Memphis Flyer reporters were on the scene as the sun disappeared behind the moon.


Chris McCoy, Colin Britton, and Laura Jean Hocking watch the eclipse at the Atlas Obscura’s Ecliptic Festival in Hot Springs, Arkansas. (Photo courtesy Colin Britton)

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