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What promised to be an ‘eh-clipse’ as the day started with rain and heavy clouds ended up being a celestial wonder as the clouds parted in time to give Tullahoma a mostly unobstructed view of the partial solar eclipse.

The partial eclipse in Tullahoma was around 93 percent at its height just after 2 p.m. The spectacle began just before 1 p.m. and lasted until just after 3 p.m. Timing could not have been better as the last of the rain clouds moved away minutes before the eclipse began. Heavy storms accompanied by thunder and lightning began the day and precipitation lingered until noon leaving many doubting there would be any chance of viewing the last eclipse in the United States until 2044.

For the most part, views were unobstructed in Tullahoma with a few clouds passing in front of the Sun from time to time. The closest totality happened in Paducah, Ky.