Not excited about the eclipse yet? Check out this footage of a 1979 eclipse and try not to be awestruck

It is an irrefutable fact that solar eclipses are amazing.
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And you don't have to do that much digging for proofGizmodo's Matt Novak shared this tweet today, which led me to searching for the above video. It's a 10-minute clip collection from ABC News' coverage of the last large-scale total solar eclipse to be seen in the lower 48 U.S. states. The event occurred in February of 1979, and the path of totality swept across five states.
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