8/21/17 East Texas Partial Solar Eclipse by Sarah A. Miller and Chelsea Purgahn
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The partial solar eclipse is seen over Tyler, Texas from the Fair Plaza Parking Garage Monday Aug. 21, 2017. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Juan Sanchez, Juan Sanchez Jr., 7, and Dulce Sanchez, 9, of Tyler, use glass to view the partial solar eclipse seen over Tyler, Texas from the Fair Plaza Parking Garage Monday Aug. 21, 2017. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Zoe Serrano, 5, watches the partial solar eclipse seen over Tyler, Texas from the Fair Plaza Parking Garage Monday Aug. 21, 2017. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Jennifer Ducote, Brian Falgout and Caleb Fallout, 2, use glasses to view the partial solar eclipse seen over Tyler, Texas from the Fair Plaza Parking Garage Monday Aug. 21, 2017. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Wanda Barber of Tyler uses glasses to view the partial solar eclipse seen over Tyler, Texas from the Fair Plaza Parking Garage Monday Aug. 21, 2017. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
People watch the partial solar eclipse seen over Tyler, Texas from the Fair Plaza Parking Garage Monday Aug. 21, 2017. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Khayyim Serrano, 2, watches the partial solar eclipse seen over Tyler, Texas from the Fair Plaza Parking Garage Monday Aug. 21, 2017. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Naketha Walker of Tyler and her daughter Lamiracle Walker, 3, watch the partial solar eclipse seen over Tyler, Texas from the Fair Plaza Parking Garage Monday Aug. 21, 2017. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
(Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Barbara Smith of Tyler and her grandson Zachary Morrison use free eclipse glasses to look at the sun at Tyler Junior College's Center for Earth and Space Science Education Monday Aug. 21, 2017. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Boy Scout James Pierce of Troop 314 in Gilmer uses free eclipse glasses to look at the sun during the partial solar eclipse at Tyler Junior College's Center for Earth and Space Science Education Monday Aug. 21, 2017 in Tyler, Texas. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Arthur Kane, 5, of Tyler, looks through a telescope fitted with a homemade solar filter to look at the partial eclipse at Tyler Junior College's Center for Earth and Space Science Education Monday Aug. 21, 2017 in Tyler, Texas. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Physics and astronomy professor Doug Parson sets up a telescope fitted with a homemade solar filter to look at the eclipse at Tyler Junior College's Center for Earth and Space Science Education Monday Aug. 21, 2017. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Clifton Early, 8, and Alec Dixon, 7, both of White Oak, look at the eclipse at Tyler Junior College's Center for Earth and Space Science Education Monday Aug. 21, 2017. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
(Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Tim Kennedy, education director at Discovery Science Place and director of UT Tyler's mobile STEM lab, looks at the eclipse through a homemade pinhole viewing box during an eclipse viewing event at Discovery Science Place in Tyler, Texas, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Thousands across East Texas watched the eclipse, which reached peak partial totality around 1:14 p.m. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Elly Zurfluh points out a picture of the eclipse to her daughter Emma, 3, during an eclipse viewing event at Discovery Science Place in Tyler, Texas, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Thousands across East Texas watched the eclipse, which reached peak partial totality around 1:14 p.m. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
People wait in line to receive eclipse glasses during an eclipse viewing event at Discovery Science Place in Tyler, Texas, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Thousands across East Texas watched the eclipse, which reached peak partial totality around 1:14 p.m. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Tristyen Ayub, 4, plays with a virtual reality headset as Elisabeth Ayub and Winter Cummins, 4, look on during an eclipse viewing event at Discovery Science Place in Tyler, Texas, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Thousands across East Texas watched the eclipse, which reached peak partial totality around 1:14 p.m. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
2017 Solar Eclipse Viewing Event East Texas
Scott Plummer looks at the eclipse with his eclipse glasses during an eclipse viewing event at Discovery Science Place in Tyler, Texas, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. He said he saw the last solar eclipse in 1979 when he was 8 and was sharing the experience of the 2017 eclipse with his son. Thousands across East Texas watched the eclipse, which reached peak partial totality around 1:14 p.m. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Solar Eclipse Viewing Event East Texas
Bentley Lofties, 4, smiles as he looks at the sun as his grandfather Keith Lofties holds eclipse glasses over Bentley's eyes during an eclipse viewing event at Discovery Science Place in Tyler, Texas, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Thousands across East Texas watched the eclipse, which reached peak partial totality around 1:14 p.m. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
2017 Solar Eclipse Viewing Event East Texas
Thirteen-year-olds Halle Meister and Skylar Anthony, bottom left and right, look at the solar eclipse with their eclipse glasses during an eclipse viewing event at The Brook Hill School in Bullard, Texas, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Thousands across East Texas watched the eclipse, which reached peak partial totality in the area around 1:14 p.m Central Time. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
A student looks up at the eclipse with his eclipse glasses during an eclipse viewing event at The Brook Hill School in Bullard, Texas, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Thousands across East Texas watched the eclipse, which reached peak partial totality in the area around 1:14 p.m Central Time. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
2017 Solar Eclipse Viewing Event East Texas
Alison Kravitz looks up at the eclipse wearing sunglasses and a welding helmet during an eclipse viewing event at The Brook Hill School in Bullard, Texas, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Thousands across East Texas watched the eclipse, which reached peak partial totality in the area around 1:14 p.m Central Time. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)