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What The 2024 Eclipse Moments Of Totality Looked Like In New Hampshire

The phenomenon attracted thousands of people to New Hampshire and Vermont, causing traffic backups.

(CBS Boston)

April 9, 2024

LANCASTER, NH - History often happens in the blink of an eye, or in this case, 40 seconds. For the first time since the 1950s, a solar eclipse passed through New England, hitting totality in Lancaster, New Hampshire just before 3:30 p.m.

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The phenomenon attracted thousands of people to New Hampshire and Vermont, causing traffic backups.

"We stayed 45 minutes away, and it was three and a half hours to get to this location right here," a man at the Lancaster Fairgrounds said.

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