The Sung family looks at the sun during the total solar eclipse over Idaho Falls, Id., Monday, August 21, 2017. (John Roark, Post Register via The Associated Press)
Blake Davis, 10, of Coral Springs, Fla., looks through solar glasses as he watches the eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Fla. (Wilfredo Lee, The Associated Press)
The sun as seen at 30 percent of the solar eclipse in Managua, on August 21, 2017. (Inti Oconinti, AFP Photo/Getty Images)
A woman looks at the the sun through a tree as it projects crescent shadows on the ground during the Great American Eclipse observation event Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. (Daniel Brenner, Special to the Denver Post)
Humans and aliens gathered to watch the total solar eclipse, at Carhenge, on August 21, 2017 in Alliance, Nebraska. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)
Students wait for the clouds to clear so they can view the 30 percent solar eclipse that was seen in Managua on August 21, 2017. (Inti Oconinti, AFP Photo/Getty Images)
A person jumps off the top of the Stratosphere hotel and casino tower on the SkyJump ride during a partial solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Las Vegas. (John Locher, The Associated Press)
Mark Renz, of Rochester, N.Y., sets up his Sunspotter, a device for viewing the solar eclipse, at his campsite Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, on the Orchard Dale historical farm near Hopkinsville, Ky. (Mark Humphrey, The Associated Press)
A partial solar eclipse appears over the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (Seth Wenig, The Associated Press)
Alice Baer, left, and her brother Bill, from Denver, watch the eclipse as it goes into totality on the Wind River Indian Reservation on August 21, 2017 in Riverton, Wyoming. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)
People view the solar eclipse at The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science on August 21, 2017 in Miami, Florida. While Miami was not in the path of totality for the solar eclipse, around 77 percent of the sun was covered by the moon during the peak time of the partial eclipse. (Joe Raedle, Getty Images)
Piper Truza watches a phase of a partial solar eclipse visible in Detroit, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (Paul Sancya, The Associated Press)
Projected images of the eclipse is seen through the leaves on the trees on the sidewalk at the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (Alex Brandon, The Associated Press)
The sun is shown just before a total eclipse by the moon, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, near Redmond, Ore. (Ted S. Warren, The Associated Press)
Maliq Trigg, a senior at the new Frederick Douglass High School, took an iPhone photo through his safety glasses as he watched the solar eclipse in Thoroughbred Park, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (Ron Garrison, Lexington Herald-Leader via The Associated Press)
Coreen Abbott watches the solar eclipse from Bernal Heights Hill in San Francisco, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (Jeff Chiu, The Associated Press)
Students sit on a ridge as they watch the sun during a solar eclipse viewing party at Colorado School of Mines on August 21, 2017, in Golden, Colorado. (Seth McConnell, The Denver Post)
The great American eclipse on the Wind River Indian Reservation on August 21, 2017 in Riverton, Wyoming. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)
Melaina and Donald Trump look at the solar eclipse from the White House on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (AP Andrew Harnik)
A total solar eclipse seen from the Lowell Observatory Solar Eclipse Experience on August 21, 2017 in Madras, Oregon. (Stan Honda, AFP Photo/Getty Images)
Dan Blanchette and his son, Sam, 6, watch the final phases of a total solar eclipse in Salem, Ore., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (Don Ryan, The Associated Press)
As the moon almost totally eclipses the sun, the diamond ring effect is seen during a total solar eclipse as seen from Salem, Ore., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. The small reddish coloring on upper right side of the sun is a solar prominence. (Don Ryan, The Associated Press)
The total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017 in Alliance, Nebraska. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)
A large crowd gathers in front of the Hollywood sign at the Griffith Observatory to watch the solar eclipse in Los Angeles Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (Richard Vogel, The Associated Press)
A total eclipse with the diamond ring effect is seen from South Mike Sedar Park on August 21, 2017 in Casper, Wyoming. (Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)
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The Sung family looks at the sun during the total solar eclipse over Idaho Falls, Id., Monday, August 21, 2017. (John Roark, Post Register via The Associated Press)
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By Glen Barber | The Denver Post
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Getting your player ready...
The sun and the moon completed an elegant dance step in the skies above America on Monday. At Scotts Bluff National Monument in western Nebraska, the crowd burst into applause. In the span of a couple of minutes, as a fiery glow encircled the moon at the moment of totality, the sun seemed to set and rise again. The temperature dropped. Hues of orange and red rimmed the horizon then faded away. Stars emerged then vanished.
The Great American Eclipse arrived as promised, and those both inside the path of totality and outside of it were not disappointed.
