# What is the Most Beautiful Thing You Have Ever Seen?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 15, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-thing-you-have-ever-seen/801649 "2017-11-15T01:12:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-thing-you-have-ever-seen/801649/101 "2017-12-20T17:14:55Z")

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> [@StusBlues](#):
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> I cannot overstate how impressive the visual was. In my mind, I was visualizing a little fringe of light around the disc of the Moon. When the totality actually hit, the Moon looked like a black diamond throwing off sheaves of light across the sky - several times the diameter of the Sun. We were lucky to catch the full view without any cloud cover - there were some clouds over the Sun at various times during both the waning and waxing phases, but none during the totality.
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> The traffic on Interstate 80 across Nebraska was daunting all day - I had no idea that the appeal of the eclipse would be so great. In retrospect, it was all worth it.
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> I’ve held on to some of my glasses for 2024. Whether I go or not is an open question, but it is an amazing visual.

Agree! It was fantastic! I was in Idaho for it. In addition to the visuals, the temperature drop was great to feel, too. This was my first TSE, and I plan to go for 2024.

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