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I Traveled to See the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse and Discovered Mindfulness

What was it like seeing the 2024 total solar eclipse? Our staff writer Elizabeth Gamillo shares her solar eclipse experience from Indiana.

ByElizabeth Gamillo
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My journey toward the line of totality started with a road trip from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to southern Indiana. It was the first time I went on a road trip alone, and I felt thrilled about the adventure. A few hours' drive was worth seeing a rare event like a total solar eclipse.

I didn't plan for the 2017 Eclipse and only briefly saw the partial eclipse from Wisconsin after a benevolent stranger handed me an extra pair of solar glasses. It was cool, but it didn't shake the ground for me. Fast-forward seven years later, and my perspective on everything changed.

(Credit: Elizabeth Gamillo)

Elizabeth Gamillo

I had been dreaming of the eclipse for a week in preparation for the reporting trip. The road seemed short, and I arrived in Indianapolis in no time. I scoped the city for images or signs of the impending eclipse.

At White River State ...

  • Elizabeth Gamillo

    Elizabeth Gamillo is a staff writer for Discover and Astronomy. She has written for Science magazine as their 2018 AAAS Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Intern and was a daily contributor for Smithsonian. She is a graduate student in MIT's Graduate Program in Science Writing.

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