Fortuna, California
By Paige Richardson
On August 21, nearly 12 million people watched the Solar Eclipse that stretched from the Northwest in Oregon to the Southeast in South Carolina using eclipse glasses or welding helmets to protect their eyes.
Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna from Vox News states that the eclipse was visible from all 48 states in the continental United States with a 70-mile-wide sliver of totality for 14 states. The last solar eclipse in the United States was 38 years ago, but since the last coast to coast eclipse it has been 99 years.
Amy Conley, a Fortuna High teacher said, “This was my first total solar eclipse, but it won't be my last. It was so cool. I've always enjoyed astronomy, and took every college course I could. A solar eclipse requires the sun, moon, and earth to line up with the moon directly between the earth and sun.” Conley traveled up to Oregon and watched the eclipse from Black Butte, Oregon; they drove onto a forest service road and watched the show from there.
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