ATLANTA — An eclipse is a wonderfully simple thing, as MARTA helpfully illustrated Monday with a post that calls back to one of Atlanta's most legendary mishaps.
An eclipse, the transit agency noted in the post, "occurs when a much smaller object travels between the viewer and something much larger."
That's precisely what happened in Atlanta on Nov. 20, 2017 -- as it happens, the same year as the last total solar eclipse to cross the U.S.
In a clip that lives on in Atlanta lore, a MARTA bus obscured the camera angle for the live video feed of the implosion of the Georgia Dome. While not quite of the magnitude of a solar eclipse, the unplanned implosion eclipse instantly became one of Atlanta's favorite viral moments in recent history.
So if you're looking for a useful shorthand on how to explain the eclipse on Monday afternoon, MARTA's got you covered -- just point back to the bus that blocked the Georgia Dome implosion more than six years ago.
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