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Photos: Cloudy skies greet solar eclipse watchers across El Paso [1]

['El Paso Matters Staff', 'El Paso Matters']

Date: 2024-04-08  

The much-anticipated total eclipse of the sun on Monday lasted all of two hours and 35 minutes in El Paso, with its peak at 12:25 p.m. when the moon covered about 82% of the sun.

And while cloudy skies are typically welcome in El Paso, they made for a less than enthralling view of the eclipse. The National Weather Service in El Paso reported temperatures cooled about 2 degrees during the time of the maximum coverage in the region, with a slight increase in winds.

Itzel Garcia, left, takes a peek at the sun as she waits in line to see the solar eclipse through a telescope at EPCC Mission Del Paso campus on Monday, April 8. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Paso Matters)

Eclipse watchers view the sun through a telescope on the lawn of EPCC Mission Del Paso campus on Monday, April 8. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Paso Matters)

Eclipse watchers gather on the lawn at EPCC Mission Del Paso campus on Monday, April 8, to see the sun more than 80 percent obscured. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Paso Matters)

Fletcher, a dog that belongs to Nidia Alcon and Fletcher Morris, experiences the eclipse with his own pair of glasses at EPCC Mission Del Paso campus on Monday, April 8. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Paso Matters)

An eclipse watcher takes a photo of the sun through a telescope on the lawn of EPCC Mission Del Paso campus on Monday, April 8. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Paso Matters)

Eclipse watchers gather on the lawn at EPCC Mission Del Paso campus on Monday, April 8, to see the sun more than 80 percent obscured. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Paso Matters)

Nidia Alcon and Fletcher Morris view the solar eclipse at EPCC Mission Del Paso campus on Monday, April 8. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Paso Matters)

Lal Chotrani, center, watches the solar eclipse at EPCC Mission Del Paso campus with Nicole Gardea, right, and Joel Garcia, left, on Monday, April 8. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Paso Matters)

Eclipse watchers gather on the lawn at EPCC Mission Del Paso campus on Monday, April 8, to see the sun more than 80 percent obscured. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Paso Matters)

Lal Chotrani, center, watches the solar eclipse at EPCC Mission Del Paso campus with Nicole Gardea, left, and Joel Garcia, back, on Monday, April 8. (Corrie Boudreaux/El Paso Matters)

It’ll be another 20 years before a total eclipse will be visible in the U.S. – in 2044.

El Paso Matters freelance photographer Corrie Boudreaux spent the day at a viewing event at the El Paso Community College – Mission del Paso Campus, 10700 Gateway Blvd. East. The NASA-affiliated event offered participants a chance to view the eclipse through solar filtered telescopes and learn from several educational booths and activities.

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