The moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (Eric Gay, Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
The image of the moon started to move over the sun from Mexico into the United States in Texas first.
There were watch parties at Front Street Station, Mesquite, and Fort Worth Zoo. Students and teachers cheered at D.A. Hulcy Middle School.
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“It’s kind of neat to see it roll in and out,” Todd Beeby, 34, of Houston, told The Associated Press at the zoo.
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The moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
The moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
The moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
Clouds part as a partial eclipse of the sun and moon cross atop the New Sweden Evangelical Lutheran Church steeple Monday, April 8, 2024, in Manor, Texas. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
The Baressi family looks up at the sun in Grenwelge Park, minutes before the total solar eclipse in Llano on April 8, 2024. (Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune)
April 8, 2024: Watching the Great Texas Eclipse in Temple, Texas. Photo credit: KPRC 2 reporter Gage Goulding (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)
April 8, 2024: Watching the Great Texas Eclipse in Temple, Texas. Photo credit: KPRC 2 reporter Gage Goulding (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)
April 8, 2024: Watching the Great Texas Eclipse in Temple, Texas. Photo credit: KPRC 2 reporter Gage Goulding (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)
Karine Rodriquez, right, sits with her son Yurem, left, and daughter Aranza, center, as the moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
People watch as the moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
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