This Solar Eclipse Recreation Is The Cat’s Meow: Video

SIOUX FALLS, SD — America went a little silly Monday as the Great American Eclipse barreled across the entire continental United States — something that hasn’t happened in 99 years. People dressed in all kinds of get-ups, camped out for hours in the path of totality and generally celebrated with unfettered joy.

It was good, except for in places where it wasn’t because of cloud cover or because the area was so far out of the path of totality that the skies got a little dim, but not dark. Replays are ubiquitous on the internet and television, but the Sioux Falls Area Humane Society wins the prize for the most adorable recreation of the event.

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And — ding! ding! ding! — it’s an internet cat video. And here’s another bonus: You can stare at it for hours without damaging your eyesight.

The video is an internet sensation, with more than a million views and tens of thousands of shares and likes. Thousands of people commented, including Facebook user Shan LeAnne Stapleton, who simply noted:

“This wins Facebook for today.”

(Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)