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“About 154 million people ventured outside to watch”
The article itself is old news but the photo is the most realistic depiction I have yet seen of what I saw with my own eyes -- a deep blue background and fine streamers extending out three times the sun's diameter, with visible flares. All other photos and video I've seen do not come close to what is visible by eye.
The moon's shadow sweeping across the earth below as viewed from Alaska airlines flight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO7qhsZpIEI
This is the view I had during the eclipse, starting 2 minutes before totality.