A solar eclipse is scheduled to hit the United States today and for the first time in decades and it’s sent the whole country into a tizzy.
In case you haven’t already heard about it ad nauseam already, a solar eclipse is a period in which the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. This wandering moon partially or fully blocks out the sun as a result of its movement relative to the position of both the sun and the Earth. This phenomenon only occurs during the period of a new moon, in which the sun and the moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth’s surface. This alignment is referred to as “syzygy,” which relates to a straight-line configuration involving at least three celestial bodies (sun, earth,
But while everyone else may be looking at the sky for the eclipse itself, I turned my sights to Twitter to see everyone’s reaction to it.
https://twitter.com/_djrw/status/899490105370587136
https://twitter.com/macfaulkner/status/899665398521638912
https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/899679003035934720
https://twitter.com/StanCoulter/status/899679219638206467
https://twitter.com/A_BLUtiful_Mess/status/899687482454835201
https://twitter.com/mattlcoleman/status/899693727983206400
https://twitter.com/ZombieSlag/status/899693718357159936
https://twitter.com/drunkirby18/status/899691289339363329
https://twitter.com/csinglemann/status/899695238477905921
https://twitter.com/RossMike15/status/899694336492941315
