--- title: Eclipse 2017: Sarah Jessica Parker Watches, Instagram Video description: The 'Sex and the City' actress took to social media to share her experience viewing the total solar eclipse from a lake in South Carolina. canonical: https://time.com/4910597/sarah-jessica-parker-eclipse/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-22T15:45:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:41.138Z og:title: Sarah Jessica Parker's Eclipse Enthusiasm Is Unparalleled og:description: This is a new level of excitement over the wonders of the natural world og:url: https://time.com/4910597/sarah-jessica-parker-eclipse/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10179f37b278fb16/6988da9b0a4a2207929cf939/sarah-jessica-parker.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2017 Obie Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sarah Jessica Parker's Eclipse Enthusiasm Is Unparalleled twitter:description: This is a new level of excitement over the wonders of the natural world twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10179f37b278fb16/6988da9b0a4a2207929cf939/sarah-jessica-parker.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sarah Jessica Parker's Eclipse Enthusiasm Is Absolutely Unparalleled  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 22, 2017 3:45 PM UTC  Sarah Jessica Parker attends at the 2017 Obie Awards at Webster Hall on May 22, 2017 in New York City. Sarah Jessica Parker attends at the 2017 Obie Awards at Webster Hall on May 22, 2017 in New York City.Jemal Countess—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 22, 2017 3:45 PM UTC On Monday, actor and ultimate eclipse enthusiast [Sarah Jessica Parker](http://motto.time.com/4690888/sarah-jessica-parker-jeff-sessions-instagram/) posted a series of short videos from a jaunt down to South Carolina to watch the [total solar eclipse](http://time.com/4908949/total-solar-eclipse-space-view/) within the path of totality. Her utter excitement about the astronomical event shows her followers just what it’s like to truly let your guard down on social media and allow your inner geek to rule your feed. The videos start serenely enough, with the former [_Sex and the City_ star](http://time.com/3993620/carrie-bradshaws-apartment-candace-bushnell/) sharing some footage from a windswept boat in the middle of a lake, the sky scattered with clouds. In the second post, things start heating up as she notices a “chip out” in the “corner” of the sun. “This may be one of the most thrilling moments of my life, outside of course having my children and marriage and all that,” she says offhand. “Wow.” By the third video, Parker’s sheer awe has taken over. “Oh my God, this is the most spectacular light I’ve ever seen,” she says of her surroundings — which have turned an eerie shade of yellow. “It doesn’t make any sense. It’s happening, you guys, it’s happening!” She continues, as her husband [Matthew Broderick](http://time.com/money/4835183/25-rich-guys-with-even-richer-wives/item/sarah-jessica-parker-and-matthew-broderick/) and kids comment from off-camera about the corona appearing: “Oh my God! I wish you all were here. Oh, lightning — this is the most spectacular, unimaginably perfect, beautiful, ridiculous…” In her final post, Parker is humbled by the experience, whispering reverentially to her camera. “We did it. We made it. Oh my God. We saw it. It’s so humbling. It’s so… extraordinary.” Re-live her complete eclipse experience in her posts below. 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