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The Baressi family looks up at the sun Grenwelge Park, minutes before the total solar eclipse’s totality in Llano on April 8, 2024. The family traveled from across the United States to view the eclipse. The eclipse is expected to bring thousands of visitors to the area.

PHOTOS: Clouds break just in time for many in Texas to view eclipse

In some parts of the state, the skies cleared enough for people to see the total solar eclipse.


A composite image showing different stages of the total solar eclipse photographed at Cooper Lake State Park on April 8, 2024.
Rosalina Galdamez, 3, and her grandmother Erika Flores, of Houston, look up at the sun as the moon begins to pass between it and the sun Monday, April 8, 2024 at Zilker Park in Austin.
Hundreds of people fill the turf just before the totality of the solar eclipse at the Eagle Pass Independent School District Student Activities Center in Eagle Pass on April 08, 2024.
Boerne, Texas: Traffic snarls on I-35 North before the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 in Boerne, Texas. Mark Felix/The Texas Tribune
Boerne, Texas: A girl tries to watch the eclipse through the clouds on April 8, 2024 in Boerne, Texas. Mark Felix/The Texas Tribune
Bruce and Monica Geske pose for a photo as they visit Zilker Park for the total solar eclipse Monday, April 8, 2024 in Austin. The couple from Milwaukee, Wisconsin made the trip to Texas to see their second total eclipse after witnessing their first at the St Louis Zoo on August 21, 2017. “The animals were going crazy” Bruce said as he recounted the event.
Kendra Grande uses solar film squares to cover their phone camera on Monday, April 8, 2024 in Sulphur Springs. Grande came in from England to watch the total solar eclipse at Cooper Lake State Park.
Solar eclipse viewers watch from Zilker Park as the moon reaches totality Monday, April 8, 2024 in Austin.
Attendees look through telescopes to view the total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024 in Sulphur Springs. Cooper Lake State Park was donated these telescopes by the Texas State Park foundation.
Christian Kongolo (left) and Daniela Trevino traveled from McAllen, Texas, to watch the total eclipse in Eagle Pass on April 08, 2024.
Visitors and locals prepare to view the total solar eclipse at Badu Park in Llano on April 8, 2024. The eclipse is expected to bring thousands of visitors to the area.
Boerne, Texas: A couple hugs as clouds cover the eclipse  on April 8, 2024 in Boerne, Texas. Mark Felix/The Texas Tribune
Firefighter EMTs watch the moon begin to cover the sun before a total eclipse in Eagle Pass on April 08, 2024.
People celebrate the solar eclipse reaching totality at the Eagle Pass Independent School District Student Activities Center in Eagle Pass on April 08, 2024.
The Austin skyline begins to light up as spectators watch the solar eclipse reach its totality in Zilker Park on Monday, April 8, 2024.
The total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024 in Sulphur Springs. Cooper Lake State Park expected over 3000 attendees for this opportunity as a prime location in the path of totality.
Boerne, Texas: Darkness comes over the sky during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 in Boerne, Texas. Mark Felix/The Texas Tribune
The total solar eclipse at Llano on April 8, 2024. The eclipse is expected to bring thousands of visitors to the area.
Boerne, Texas: Attendees cheer while the total eclipse pops through the clouds during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 in Boerne, Texas. Mark Felix/The Texas Tribune

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