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B.C. man gets full eclipse experience in Oregon

91ƵThe shadow comes and your hair stands up. It gets cooler and then the stars show up91Ƶ
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Complete solar eclipse as seen from Oregon. Photo by Colin Wilson

He91Ƶs calling it 91Ƶ1,000 times worth the trip.91Ƶ

Colin Wilson, a chiropractor from Courtenay, was among hundreds of thousands of people to experience a rare complete solar eclipse in the path of totality from Mount Jefferson Wilderness, Ore.

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91ƵIt91Ƶs a complete sensory experience,91Ƶ he said Monday morning. 91ƵIt gets cooler, your eyes are wondering why it91Ƶs daylight but 91Ƶfiltered.91Ƶ Everything that has chromatic aberration sort of look to it.

91ƵThen the shadow comes and your hair stands up. It gets cooler and then the stars show up.91Ƶ

Wilson drove to the central Cascade Range south of Portland Friday as part of his summer holidays.

91ƵPeople were hooting and hollering. We had probably 40 people within earshot of us.91Ƶ

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