HAMPTON, NE (KELO AM) It was the play-by-play of a lifetime, as veteran Sioux Falls sportscaster, Mike Henriksen described the totality of the solar eclipse as it happened Monday afternoon.
Henriksen, the producer of SportsMax radio and contributor to the Calling All Sports daily talk show, was in his hometown of Hampton, Nebraska, for a perfect view of the celestial show around 12:57 p.m, through some scattered clouds.
"We have now completely achieved totality....the last sliver is shutting down. The clouds around are a golden haze....the feeling is rather unique....You can see more of the diamonding and more of the direct outline of the moon...it has been spectacular." Henriksen painted the picture, as people around him cheered.
Henriksen said it looked like and felt like dusk in the middle of the afternoon as totality was achieved.
It was a real happening in Hampton with Nebraska's only astronaut, Clayton Anderson, giving a speech and hundreds of kids bused in from local schools. There was even an optometrist on hand to give everyone safety instructions on when to look and how to use the special glasses.
(Mike Henriksen, Calling All Sports Radio, contributed to this report)