Here's what USA Today had to say about the eclipse the next day:
"Volcanoes Stadium in Keizer, Ore., hosted the first "Eclipse Game" in baseball history. The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes played the Hillsboro Hops in a game interrupted by the first "eclipse delay" in baseball history.
Fans from 34 states and eight countries were there. One, Joan Bouchard, came to share the moment with her granddaughter. "Very moving," she said. "I will never be around to see another one, so this was very important."
It may not be the last one for her granddaughter, Chase. "I was surprised that people were coming from all over the world to see this," the girl said. "But now that I've seen it, I would definitely go again.""
Here's the sun before the eclipse started. Lots of sunspot activity.
Next, we see the sun just minutes after the eclipse got underway.
The moon is taking a chunk out of the sun—maybe around 5% of totality at this point.
Here's a view of the partially eclipsed sun on the Jumbotron at the ballpark.
Shortly before this photo was taken the refs called the game due to low light conditions, and the teams gathered on the field to observe the eclipse.
You can see how pale and weak the light is, even though it was a bright sunny day with not a cloud in the sky. The freeway was almost deserted as the eclipse neared, with most people finding a place from which to view the event.
Here's the first moment of totality:
A roar came up from the crowd at this point. Here's a closer look at the eclipse.
The "star" at the 7 or 8 o'clock position is actually the planet Mercury. You can see the corona surrounding the sun, and the pink areas are prominences peeking out from behind the moon.
What a spectacular sight, to see the sun and moon align so perfectly. It was an incredible experience, especially with a whole stadium of people cheering.
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