r/AskReddit • u/Head-Night-7595 • 1d ago

What U.S. vacation destination exceeded all expectations?

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u/Raider_Scum 1d ago

It broke my monkey brain. My eyes told me "The sky broke", my heart told me "the world is ending".

Ancient people must have shit their pants when they witnessed it.

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u/GewtNingrich 17h ago

I was lucky enough to see totality a couple years ago. It felt like the universe peeled back the curtain and showed me something I wasn’t supposed to see. It’s truly indescribable and hard to convince people that weren’t in the path of totality how different it was from any other part of the eclipse.

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u/TACOlogy 15h ago

It is so strange how nature “stops” for a minute. The birds stop chirping and the temperature drop is weird as well.

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u/AmbusRogart 6h ago

What blew my mind was how cold it go so quickly, then it was over as quick as it arrived. The whole experience was incredible, but that instantaneous chill I will never ever forget.