A total eclipse of the sun darkened the sky and cast an eerie glow on Evansville. WNIN’s John Gibson watched the event with thousands of eclipse-watchers on the riverfront:
Deanna Smith of Owensboro made the trip with a friend with time to spare:
"And we just came down about three hours early and just pulled right in and sat here. The early bird go the good seat, huh? We did, we did it was very easy."
Kerry O’Brien of New York City visited Evansville for this event after a disappointing eclipse experience in Nashville seven year ago:
"It was sunny like this and then the clouds came over right as totality struck so we didn't get to the the actual sun covered."
O’Brien presumably was not disappointed this time as clouds stayed away as the moon slowly eclipsed the bright sun:
"And totality has arrived. We see essentially a dark circle in the sky with a ring of light around it. We're also seeing stars and planets coming out, amazing."
The biggest traffic snafu after the eclipse was on southbound Highway 41, including the southbound Twin Bridge.
Otherwise, traffic seemed to move well on the major roadways.