Total awe: Dallas basks in darkness of a rare solar eclipse

Solar flares from the sun radiate out from behind the moon during a total solar eclipse in Dallas, April 8, 2024.

The Ronald Kirk Bridge was awash in silence for a few seconds of totality. Soon, the crowd of more than 600 broke out laughing, singing, crying and dancing. Couples hugged and kissed, and children stared open-mouthed at the sky.A thick line of gray clouds that covered spectators’ view for several minutes of totality parted slightly, revealing for the first time a clear sight. A spark of light curved around the moon.

Dallas was the largest U.S. city in the path of totality that ran northeast from Mexico and crossed a large swath of the Texas Hill Country before continuing on to parts of the Midwest, Northeast and Canada. That made the region ground zero for viewers who traveled from as far as France, Germany and Colombia — and from around the U.S. — to catch a glimpse of the moon’s shadow.

Lamplighter School students Drew Berry, 10, and Sarah Adkins, 10, react after Today Show host Al Roker signed Adkins' sign following the taping of a segment for the morning show at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science on Eclipse Day, Monday, April 8, 2024, in Dallas. This is a historic day for Dallas, which was last in an eclipse’s path of totality in 1878, and won’t be again for nearly 300 years.

As darkness falls over downtown Dallas on Monday afternoon, astro photography enthusiasts photograph the moon covering the sun on the Continental Bridge during a solar eclipse, April 8, 2024.“The change in temperature will give us some really cool data,” said Jacob Clarke, a research engineer at SMU, noting the temperature may have dropped up to five degrees. “The wind pattern from the temperature changes is what we’re really interested in.

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