LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Thousands of spectators gathered in the path of totality from French Lick to Seymour to Louisville on Monday.
Spectators were camped out in lawn chairs as they looked high into the air at the solar eclipse.
Cheers and claps could be heard when French Lick, Indiana cooled off as it plunged into darkness.
"Oh my god it's like day turn to night, I thought it was unreal to be honest," Blendon Virgo said.
The amazement was caught on camera by several people while totality lasted just over three minutes.
"I was pretty amazed at how long the darkness went on and how cool it was," onlooker Robert Roney said.
This experience has been the best for spectators like Dominic Silvestri who has seen a couple eclipses.
"I didn't expect that at all, that ring around it, just like, wow," Silvestri said.
Across the river in Kentucky, hundreds gathered at Louisville's waterfront, taking in the views.
This was Kassidy Garrett's first solar eclipse.
"It was yellow and orange mixed together so it was like a yellowey orange," she said.
Garrett didn't have school on Monday like most kids.
The weather was even nice, which was a plus for her and her family.
"I think it's cool for her to see stuff like this for the first time; you know she's growing and putting concepts together and learning about it in school, so kind of get to be hands on with her and see her enjoy it," Tony Rawlings said.
This cool experience was a first for many kids like Shiloh Grice, who said "it was cooler than I thought it would be."
While the next solar eclipse won't be for another 20 years, some are planning where and how old they will be.
"[My kid is] going to be pushing his grandpa in a wheelchair and then I'm going to be 63 and he will be 30," Kevin Dohn said.
The next eclipse will travel south from Greenland through Canada before fading away as it reaches the northern most United States.
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