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PHOTOS: How North Texas experienced the 2024 total solar eclipse

The Dallas-Fort Worth area was the largest metro area in the path of totality for the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse. Here's how people took it in.

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DALLAS — The total solar eclipse passed directly over North Texas April 8, and people flocked outside to watch the once-in-a-lifetime event.

The last time North Texas was directly in the path of a total solar eclipse was in 1878, and it won’t happen again until 2317.

WFAA and our viewers documented the phenomenon from when the partial eclipse began to when the eclipse passed over North Texas.

Here’s how North Texas watched the 2024 total solar eclipse:

PHOTOS: 2024 total solar eclipse in North Texas

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Cynthia Via

Love watching the shadows of the leaves during eclipse then seeing Venus during totallity! Credit: Cynthia Via

Relive the moments of totality in North Texas here: