Main Engine Cut Off

Not a day goes by that I don’t look up at the Sun or Moon and think about the 2 minutes and 40 seconds I spent in totality.

The perspective shift that comes with it hasn’t worn off yet. I look at the Sun and feel like I know what it really looks like. I look at the Moon knowing I’ve seen it in all its phases.

And I still can’t stop looking at Rick Fienberg’s photo of the corona (here’s the hi-res version)—it’s the closest thing I can find to what I saw with my own eyes.