
This is a photo taken with my cell phone from the Carrollton Greenbelt Park in the Dallas suburbs. It shows the moment at 1:42 pm on April 8th, 2024 when the eclipse of the sun became total. It is the first time in my life that I have seen it with my own eyes (assisted by eclipse lenses purchased at Walmart). I and my daughter watched it in the park. My wife watched it with her class at her middle school. It was a magical moment that we will probably never have the chance to see again.
Cool that you were in the path of totality!
I got to see a 75% eclipse with a class I taught in 1982. I watched this one with my daughter from the park in our neighborhood. That’s a satisfying load of good fortune.
You can see it again at the next eclipse, but you’d probably have to travel.
Travel is one of the things age and health concerns is limiting. Besides, I don’t need to see it again.