siva paul joins us now. welcome.hat gave you the idea to do this and why did you decide to make the trip? >> i feel like a rubik, this is only my second eclipse. [laughter] i have not been to seven like your previous guests. i just love astronomy. i love astronomy. so it is a fun thing to do. it is a fun thing to do. right now it doesn't look too good it is cloudy and rainy here. [laughter] eric: how did you decide to pick where you are in southern illinois of all the spots? what went into your thinking, your friends thinking? i was the longest totality in 2017. we decided to come back here because this is where the paths of the eclipse in 2017 and 20204 are crossing each other. so we spent the last three years preparing to come down here to the state park down here in illinois to watch the eclipse tomorrow. eric: for those of us who have never seen one or experience this it's pretty breathtaking amazingly awe-inspiring. it's like the world to stand still for a moment. walk us through what it is like. >> oh well, thi