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Before dawn on Monday, eager visitors gathered at the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park, eagerly anticipating a seat to witness what many consider a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle: a total solar eclipse.
Teacher Summer Liu, recalling a NASA scientist’s analogy likening a partial eclipse to high school lunch and a total eclipse to dinner at the White House, emphasized the significance of the event. “I definitely don’t want to miss that!” she remarked.
Arriving early, Liu was among the first to secure a spot at the Cotton Bowl, where a steady stream of people soon joined her, filling the stands or finding a spot on the turf to observe the celestial phenomenon.
As clouds dispersed just in time, all eyes turned skyward, with spectators donning protective glasses.
Fourth-grader Arianna Lucky, expressing excitement as the eclipse began, exclaimed, “Come on sun. Come on sun. It’s awesome!”
Lucky was part of a group of students from St. Anthony Academy in Dallas, ranging from third to eighth grade, who attended the event.
According to third-grade teacher Tristan Cojoe, the eclipse offered an opportunity for students to engage with the endless wonders of science. “Science is never-ending,” he noted. “Just being able to explore new things and bring a new journey to them, and just being able to explore new things they’ve never done before and learn, ‘Hey, science is actually cool!'”
As the moon progressively obscured more of the sun, the temperature dropped at the Cotton Bowl, and daylight transitioned into twilight and then darkness.
“Oh,” exclaimed Lucky as she observed the ring of light around the moon. “Wow, it’s amazing!”