Monday’s solar eclipse across North America created quite the spectacle. The event attracted people to destinations across the continent, all hoping to score a unique view at the moment of totality.
Professional skier Mike Hayes gets props for documenting the phenomenon in one of the most unique ways, bombing down Vermont’s Mt. Mansfield as the moon passed in front of the sun. The northern part of the state was directly in the eclipse’s path with about a 110-mile wide stretch briefly experiencing complete darkness. Mt. Mansfield, as you’re probably guessing by this point, sat dead center on that path.
Some locations experienced the eclipse’s totality for as much as three-and-a-half minutes while the area near Mt. Mansfield had just over three minutes of the phenomenon, so Hayes didn’t exactly have much time to get the shot on his run down Vermont’s tallest peak. It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime run because North America won’t see another full eclipse for another 20 years, at which time the eclipse’s path will be further west near the Great Plains and Rockies.
Shots like this are Hayes’ forte, so this idea was right up his alley, creatively. The skier’s social media page is filled with beautiful POV-style footage on similar runs in the area. Even with the springtime melt leaving plenty of exposed rocks along his run, this is a one-of-a-kind clip.
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