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Sunshine on a cloudy day

Paying witness to the solar eclipse was not easy in Sundance, where cloud cover from the tail end of the weekend storm kept the sun out of view for most of the event. The skies visibly began to darken just after 11:30 a.m. on April 8, despite Wyoming not being in the path of totality and witnessing only a partial eclipse. In fact, maximum blockage in Sundance was just 63.1%. This was the last eclipse that will be visible from the contiguous United States until 2044, according to NASA.