On Monday August 21 at 1:00 pm we witnessed the first solar eclipse in the United States since 2015. People from all over the world were on hand at Oliver C Dawson stadium to experience this once in a lifetime spectacle. The campus of South Carolina State University was open to all comers and got the party started at 11am. The atmosphere resembled a good old fashioned family reunion with music, food and theatrics to appeal to multiple demographics. At 2:43 pm the eclipse had reached totality and people could be seen looking up to the stars eyes wide in amazement with what they saw.
In this picture students can be seen looking towards the sky to view the eclipse, notice the SC State student(middle) is wearing his solar eclipse glasses.
In this picture I can be seen wearing my eclipse glasses, Students , faculty and al who attended this event were urged to keep their glasses on until the eclipse had reached totality.
In this picture we see the eclipse at totality