First-hand accounts of eclipses from the public, several years after the event, are notoriously difficult to come by. Obtained via an educational eclipse video posted on the TikTok social media platform, I enter into the record 270 first-hand accounts of the August 21, 2017 Total Solar Eclipse. These accounts come from a cross-section of the public located across the United States. These comments provide insight into how the public perceives eclipses 6+ years on, alongside their excitement, thoughts and concerns about the upcoming eclipse in 2024.
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