Solar Eclipse 1979 February 26 Walter Cronkite

[BK9795]

I was born February 26, 1979 lol

[trampsdaddy]

I traveled to Winnipeg, Manitoba to view this eclipse. It was a very memorable experience! I have a framed graphic poster of this eclipse that I no longer have any room for -- any idea where I could sell such a thing? (it doesn't look like I'd connect with buyers on eBay)

[altfactor]

I believe Cronkite hosted a live 15-minute report on the eclipse that morning.

Any chance we might get to see it??

[56eldorado]

Interesting how the only people they could find for comment were pot heads. The news back then was full of crap like that, I can still here my dad yelling at the TV. 'Invoking their gods' give me a break

[MisterTwister55]

3:41 lol, she's speechless.

[monecker84]

Who was scared?

[pdx12000]

i watched this from portland, it was cloudy and couldnt see the sun but the eclipse just after sunrise was really weird how it started getting dark just after it got light...two sunrises right after one another...and it was scary even though you know its coming

[Zoomer30]

And no in the report had smoked any pot at all o-0

There were at least 2 who I feel would not pass a urine test XD

[Zoomer30]

I was in 1st grade when this happened. It got quite dark here in Iowa. But being Feb it was pretty cloudy.

[Zriggo]

I couldn't help but notice: 2,626 days passed between December 19, 1971 and the day of this eclipse. The 2,626 days mirror the 2626 URL ending for NBA player GRANT HENRY Hill at Yahoo! Sports. Goldendale, WA (seen in video) is the seat of kLICKitAT County, which was founded DECEMBER 20, 1859 or one year to the day before SOUTH CAROLINA seceded from the Union to protest the election of AbraHAM Lincoln. kLICKitAT County is unrelated to the men's Blue Devils Coach K at DurHAM, NC's Duke Univeristy

[akampfer]

I hope to be on hand in 2017 for the next eclipse in the region in Southern Oregon, Northern California.

[akampfer]

Thanks for posting that, it brings back a lot of memories. Portland, Oregon and Helena, MT were the two major cities that saw the total eclipse. I was 15 living 50 miles north of Portland and we couldn't see it due to February rain and clouds hence the reason everyone went to Goldendale. It was the closest place to Portland where the clouds broke enough where you could see it, also there's an observatory there.

[heusker]

i was born on this day, wonder what that means astrologically?

[pilotpoodle]

The Announcer for this broadcast was Bob Hite who worked at CBS from 1944 -1979.

Hite was announcer for the CBS Evening News from fall of 1970 through his retirement.

[weatherdude2]

I was in Junior High and can remember being at school and it being a big deal. I grew up in Northern California and it was sunny that morning. We did all the tricks with pinholes in pieces of paper/cardboard, etc., and during math class I asked if any girls had a mirror. One of them handed one to me and I went outside and shined the reflection back into the front of the classroom and it was cool to see a moon-shaped sun! We didn't experience totality, but it looked almost like twilight.

[mikeluvrs]

i was in fifth grade and our teacher brought an old portable tv and we watched it live!

[RCmack]

A total solar eclipse will take place this July 22, but only folks in Asia and the western Pacific Ocean areas will be able to view it.

Like Walter Cronkite says here, the next total solar eclipse that can be seen in the US happens in 2017.

[greeleyman]

I was a senior in high school when this happened, in Northwest Washington about 60 miles north of Seattle. Of course it was cloudy that day, dammit. Still pretty cool to see it get dark.

[wmbrown6]

This was a few months prior to announcer Bob Hite's retirement from CBS.

[MindbreakOne]

Great piece of history!!!