a military facility on guam, a facility to the united states, called the guam magazine. the guam magazine is the repository for naval ordinance that the u.s. navy uses to replenish a specific fleet. what is important about that is if anything happens in the south pacific involving taiwan or anything else for that matter, we may be involved in a problem trying to provide ordinance to our ships in a specific fleet because we are being taken on the island of guam. host: facebook at facebook.com/cspan and on x

cspanwj. we have pictures from all around the states this is from cleveland where the total totality, this is the public square. people were watching through glasses in those public places in the indianapolis star shot a picture of people experiencing the eclipse from the motors eat way and if you go to the dallas news 150 travelers taking the plane out of dialysis love field saw these solar clips from the skies. you can add yours to the mix if

you traveled or sought a home or want to tell us about that (202) 748-8000 for eastern and central time zones, (202) 748-8001 mountain and pacific and if you traveled to view the eclipse (202) 748-8002, you can post on facebook at facebook.com/cspan and x t cspanwj. some people watched it on nasa and nasa tv giving that total eclipse perspective. here is what happened yesterday. [video clip] >> we are getting so close. look at this. we are about 10 seconds away,

wow. it is going into totality. there you have, the diamond ring came through. you can see the light trickling through the surface of the moon. >> what are we viewing on the left-hand side? >> these pink fingers will start to pop out. >> they appear pink because of the helium ridge but let's focus on the corona you can see these streams that we don't have the ability to see him a day-to-day basis. host: that was from nasa tv you could watch more of that

coverage on the c-span network and on our website at c-span.org. your experience eric in colonial heights, virginia. how did you experience it? caller: i was visiting salem, virginia. the eclipse was beautiful and it made this guide turn darker. i was born in salem and i ended up visiting and i am looking forward to the next one in 33 and hopefully it will inspire the candidates to keep it clean. host: before you go were you planning to go there before the eclipse or was it other events? caller: other events took me

and i got to see the hospital where i was born and i got to see the eclipse. host: some of the supposed in on our facebook this is about the event yesterday never thought how thehadow would look from spaces is how she described it. yvonne molina said this is one of the coosthings i have ever seen. i had heard about seeinghe awe of the corona it was cloudy except for the moments of totality and then we got to see it all. you can post pictures on facebook and on x. you can

comment on the phone lines (202) 748-8000 central and eastern time zones, (202) 748-8001 mountain and pacific and those who traveled (202) 748-8002. you probably saw yesterday nasa had experiments during the eclipse. there were five research projects as part of that. the observations will help researchers understand the myriad of ways the sun supports life on earth. part of it was chasing the eclipse and high altitude planes. they studied dust and orbits that make or break the earth and

instruments from the university of hawaii to study these sons corona and those mass equations and an experiment by the university of scranton inviting him radio operators to send signals before during and after the eclipse and record the signals. if you want to see that on a xios.com. the wall street journal highlights those states that depend on solar energy and how they may be impacted. the power providers bracing for the eclipse they were braced for bundy's eclipse and ready to

replace lost solar powers saying three states were expected to see significant hits to solar generation. they were set to lose the most solar generating energy in california. the sun was partially blocked in florida at a time of day when solar makes 20% of its power supply in the eclipse block sunlight for a few minutes for 6.5 gigawatts of generation and partially obscured sunlight. during peak generating hours. some of the impacts of these solar clips and you can give

your own personal impacts of what you learn from it. lisa, from illinois. caller: thank you for c-span. we went yesterday intro two hours south to sparta, illinois south of springfield, illinois. the conditions were perfect, so awe-inspiring. host: was the experience different from 2016? caller: i struck out on my own. i drove all out on my own there are a thousand acres with the lake and this time with the very dear friend. just very concerned if the

weather was going to cooperate but i am so glad and when -- that i went. host: that was lisette in illinois and we have ray texting us saying i could not see it but 'm looking to travel into years for the next total eclipse. i think 2044 or 2045 or le are going to alaska. someembers of congress giving their thoughts on yesterday's event saying the u.s. will lose 30 kilowatts but oil producers will keep the lights on in america. john in may and who traveled for

the event. caller: good morning pedro it was the most beautiful thing. you have to repent. host: this is the shot you could have seen if you were watching our network. this is the solar eclipse perspective. if you are looking there, this is from the international space station and that perspective there and a lot of these are still available on c-span on c-span now and c-span.org. representative rick larsen was one of those people who went to wallace island to watch several of those rockets being launched as part of the experiment.

the three sounding rockets during the solar eclipse they study have the earth's upbeat atmosphere is affected when sunlight dims over a portion of the planet. many members of congress if you looked outside of ca hill watching the event. i had to check out the eclipse. looked like a fred myers rotisserie chicken. if you want to post on x cspanwj and facebook facebook.com/cspan. some of the economic factors saying according to their website the solar eclipse could be worth

more than one billion to the u.s. economy saying it is clear where the moon's path will trace a full blockage will generate a lot of economic activity. visitors are trying to use the phenomenon to job sales. the pearman group says it could be several billion dollars between tourist spending and other consumption totaling as much as 6 billion. while the eclipse is a one-day event many areas hope the influx of visitors will lead to lasting benefits and areas that rarely get international media coverage are likely to be enhancing future travelers.

if you want to see the impact economically and some of those pictures from members of congress this isor mark warner arat saying this is the first of meaningf the a clips. members of both pol spectrums watching the eclipse happen senatrity leader talked about it senate floor and if you wanted to see if there saying he had the privilege of watching the eclipse from his office at the u.s. capitol in these work glasses given to me by the president of fordham university. these are members of congress giving their perspective and you can give yourselves well (202) 748-8000 for democrats, for

republicans (202) 748-8001, for independents (202) 748-8002 and if you want to text (202) 748-8003. you can go to the online aspects of facebook and x, if you want to give your thoughts there too. tell us about your eclipse experience. caller: mi on the air now? host: yes. caller: you will have to forgive me it has been less than 30 days since my last call but i traveled from west virginia to marion, illinois which was in the path of totality and this is my second total eclipse because in 2017 i went to sweetwater,

tennessee. both times, the weather was perfect and had a perfect view of the eclipse. i knew what to expect but what was really interesting, was being around a bunch of people most of whom had never seen a total eclipse of the sun and hearing their reactions was worth the seven hour trip itself. it was wonderful and i was listening to washington journal and there was one curmudgeon who called in and said i don't understand the big deal. i'm going to be in my office making money and pulling myself up by bootstraps and i thought if he could've been there and seen it. it's not just some anonymous

lack disk. you can tell it is the moon because the earth shined his illuminating the dark side of the moon so you can see the cratering and that is an awesome experience. host: why did you choose the place you traveled to? caller: i knew was coming up and i reserve my room a year ago because i knew this was going to happen and i am kind of an astronomy geek. i knew there was going to be one in 2024 and even when i reserved my room a year in advance i was charged twice as much as i would normally pay because there was a big run on hotel rooms but i knew where the path of totality was going to be so i looked on the map and found a town in

marion, illinois and it was a nice drive and i would not have given it up for the world. host: we had a few work on x -- viewer on x saying it's not as special as people are making it out to be. let's hear from trina in indianapolis. caller: i traveled, no, i didn't travel. i spent my day at his senior citizens village where my mother lived. a lot of them won't be able to see the next eclipse and to see their faces at the time