Brothers Nathan, 8 and Dean Dinino, 7 from Washington lay down with Ada June, 8, to watch the solar eclipse outside Hillsboro courthouse on Monday, April 8, 2024.
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Texas Total Solar Eclipse 2024
Everything you need to know about the April 8 total solar eclipse.
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Cloud cover didn’t stop many in Fort Worth from catching a glimpse of a full solar eclipse in North Texas on Monday. Darkess descended as the sun was covered for 2 minutes and 24 seconds.
Our photographers captured the experience from Fort Worth to Hillboro. See some of the best photos from the solar eclipse.
The sun fully eclipsed by the moon as seen in Hillsboro on Monday, April 8, 2024. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
People watch the full solar eclipse near Burnett Park in downtown Fort Worth on Monday, April 8, 2024. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
Hillsboro resident Charles Eaton puts on his eclipse glasses to take a look at the Great North American Eclipse in Hillsboro on Monday, April 8, 2024. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
The total eclipse of the sun over downtown Fort Worth’s Burnett Park, with the Man with a Briefcase statue in the foreground, on Monday, April 8, 2024. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
Darren Hickey looks up as the moon begins to cross the sun during a total solar eclipse in Fort Worth on Monday, April 8, 2024. Hickey traveled to Fort Worth from California to see the eclipse. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
Dean Dinino, 7, and Ada June, 8, put on their eclipse glasses to look at the Great North American Eclipse in Hillsboro on Monday, April 8, 2024. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
Only a thin edge remains of the sun before totality at the Fort Worth Zoo in Fort Worth, Texas, Monday Apr 08, 2024. Bob Booth Special to the Star-Telegram
Eclipse viewers attempt to photograph the totality with their phones in Hillsboro on Monday, April 8, 2024. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
Hector Lopez and Margarita Velasquez from Houston attempt to use a phone to capture the eclipse while laying down on the street in Hillsboro. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
People lined up near the entrance to view the total solar eclipse at the Fort Worth Zoo in Fort Worth, Texas, Monday Apr 08, 2024. Bob Booth Special to the Star-Telegram
The Great North American Eclipse nearly reaches totality above the sky in Hillsboro, TX on Monday, April 8, 2024. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
Garrett Minnie views the eclipse as it begins in Sundance Square in downtown Fort Worth on Monday, April 8, 2024. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
Kellen Egan, a kindergartener at Alice Carlson Applied Learning Center, stares at the sun with his mother Sara after watching the 2-minute totality on Monday, April 8, 2024. “When the clouds covered, it looked like a half moon. It looked like a ball of fire,” Kellen said. Lina Ruiz amccoy@star-telegram.com
Caribbean Flamingos stayed close to their nesting grounds during the total solar eclipse at the Fort Worth Zoo in Fort Worth, Texas, Monday Apr 08, 2024. Bob Booth Special to the Star-Telegram
Sisters Alexus and Aniyah Williams from Seattle take a photo under the giant eclipse glasses photo spot outside the Hillsboro courthouse on Monday, April 8, 2024. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
Patricia Wam and her son, Christian, 10, look into the sky during the total solar eclipse in at Burnett Park in Fort Worth on Monday, April 8, 2024. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
Hundreds of people sit down to view the Great North American Eclipse at the Hillsboro courthouse in Hillsboro on Monday, April 8, 2024. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
The first sign of movement in the lion exhibit started just before totality of the solar eclipse at the Fort Worth Zoo in Fort Worth, Texas, Monday Apr 08, 2024. The females came out of tall grass and dens to search the area where they are fed. Bob Booth Special to the Star-Telegram
Luis Amaya, 9, from Houston looks at the sun through a telescope from Washington State art professor Travis Krause outside of the Hillsboro court house in Hillsboro on Monday, April 8, 2024. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
Downtown workers take a moment to look at eclipse in Fort Worth’s Sundance Square on Monday, April 8, 2024. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
This story was originally published April 8, 2024 at 5:04 PM.
Amanda McCoy is a visual journalist that produces daily and documentary videos. Before moving to Fort Worth in 2018, she spent 11 years telling the stories of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, including the recovery from Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill. She is a native of Michigan and graduate of Michigan State University.
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