All of the hype and preparation of the 2017 solar eclipse turned out to be more exciting than the actual event itself on Monday, August 21.
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All of the hype and preparation of the 2017 solar eclipse turned out to be more exciting than the actual event itself on Monday, August 21.
Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate in the Moody County area with a heavy cloud deck, which blocked out any chance to see the near complete solar eclipse.
A break in the clouds at about 11:40 a.m. was encouraging, but the clouds failed to completely give way. Around 12:30 p.m., people could discern a change in light levels but were unsure if a thunderstorm, which was moving toward the area from the west, was responsible or if it was the effect of the eclipse.
It didn’t take long to realize that the combination of the clouds and the eclipse was going to make for a period of near nighttime darkness. The eclipse was supposed to be around 90 percent in the area.
But, as shown above, Flandreau resident and photographer Kevin Maier couldn’t take the fact that clouds would hamper his chance to capture a photo, so he headed just south of Sioux City, Iowa to see the event.
The last eclipse seen in the Flandreau area was in February 1979 with only about a 25 percent blacked out by the shadow of the moon.
The Enterprise’s back alley view of the eclipse below - not so spectacular.
