Traffic started out fairly normal for a Monday morning on the day of the total solar eclipse and has been slowly picking up as the morning continues. As of 10:30 a.m. Monday, the Remington Nature Center was full, traffic was backing up on 229 and the East Hills Mall parking lot is filling up with eclipse viewers hoping for clear skies. 

Barry Birr with 680 KFEQ is broadcasting live through the eclipse from Rosecrans Memorial Airport with Michael Bakich, senior editor of Astronomy magazine.

Charlie from Eagan, Minnesota, and Gary from River Falls, Wisconsin, made the drive to St. Joseph for the eclipse. Gary said he’s 64-years-old and has had an interest in astronomy his whole life. He’s been planning to see the eclipse for five years and brought cameras with him to capture the celestial event.

“I’m going to use two cameras today. One is going to be for wide shots and the other one’s going to be for very very narrow shots,” Gary said. “I have the times of the eclipse, when it starts, when it ends, all that stuff. Of course I’ll take a picture of the sun before to get any sun spots and take a picture of the after just to complete a collage. I’m going take pictures and put them together so that they’re the sequence of events.”

Listen to the full interview below and for more on the eclipse in St. Joseph click here.

 

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