Isles Residents Get a Glimpse of the Eclipse

By Terry Dickson of The Brunswick News terryldickson50@gmail.com

Dozens of students at College of Coastal Georgia gathered around a tent on the grounds to watch Monday’s eclipse through a couple of tracking telescopes and on a big screen TV that showed the image from a digital telescope.

Most, however, looked directly at the eclipse through the filters of paper-framed glasses that diminished the bright light that could cause eye damage. Some lay on their backs looking up while others sat on the grass in groups.

Kate Hobson had seen better. She saw the total eclipse in August 2017 from her home in Hart County.

“We got out of high school early,’’ she said. “I went home and watched it with my mom and dad on our little farm.’’

At a time when there were about 70 students around the tent, Hobson said, “This is the most people I’ve ever seen at an outdoor event.”

The eclipse was captured on a digital telescope attached to a tablet that cast the image of the sun to a TV under a canopy. (Photo by Terry Dickson/The Brunswick News)

On St. Simons Island, some watched from the pier, the walkway along Neptune Park and from the lighthouse lawn.

A couple that climbed the lighthouse sat with their feet dangling through the railing during the peak of the partial eclipse, but they seemed more intent on what lay below them than the show in the sky.

Story photos by Terry Dickson. Republished with the permission of The Brunswick News. Originally published in The Brunswick News.