Despite being a space reporter, this total solar eclipse completely freaked me out

It's really difficult to explain what I just saw.  I'm a space reporter. I know the science: The moon moved in front of the sun from Earth's perspective, blotting out our nearest star's light and plunging us into an eerie twilight here in Lenoir City, Tennessee.  I get it. That's what happened. Still. The feeling of experiencing this event is something that I'm going to be parsing out for a long time to come.   SEE ALSO: The moon literally blocked the sun on Twitter My family and