‘Once in a lifetime’: Pittsburg residents celebrate solar eclipse totality
PITTSBURG, Texas (KETK) – The City of Pittsburg had quite the crowd for Mondays total solar eclipse. The city in Camp County experienced a few minutes of totality.
Town residents and visitors gathered downtown early afternoon to enjoy nearly three minutes of totality.
KETK spoke with people from Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Carolina. Among the visitors was a 10-year-old from Royce City who has a special interest in science.
“I loved every single part of totality, over here the sun was still shining but where we were it just didn’t shine,” eclipse viewer Wyatt Aldredge said. “It would be way darker if we were on the line of totality were like close to the edge.”
Wyatt shared that he was surprised that the birds didn’t stop chirping and the crickets continued to chirp, but he’s glad to have been able to watch the eclipse with his parents.
One science teacher from Gilmer made the short trip over to Pittsburg for a few extra minutes of totality.
“It’s a big deal just because it’s been predicted for 200 years,” eclipse viewer Lea Pinto said. “We can look at the next one in Texas will be over 200 years from now. The math and the calculations involved in knowing exactly where it is and where it’s going to pass at any moment is really neat, just to be a part of it. It’s a once in a lifetime experience for most of us.”
The city of Pittsburg said that East Texas will not see another eclipse for 375 years.
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