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Eclipse viewers react while they watch as the moon creeps across the sun on the Wayah Bald along the Appalachian Trail outside of Franklin, N.C., on Aug. 21. Thousands ventured into the Nantahala National Forest in southwestern North Carolina to view the two and half minutes of totality during this year’s solar eclipse. (Eamon Queeney / North State Journal)