TWRI Research Associate Amanda Tague at Deer Creek during the total eclipse. (Photo by Cameron Castilaw, TWRI)
Texas experienced a total solar eclipse for the first time in decades on April 8.
A few members of the Texas Water Resources Institute water team got a unique view of the event while conducting regular water quality monitoring at Deer Creek and Pond Creek.
Follow along for a behind-the-scenes look at what it was like to experience an eclipse from the banks of a central Texas creek!
While a little cloudy at times, the day was warm and sunny. The team viewed the eclipse from our last site of the day, Deer Creek. (All photos by Cameron Castilaw, TWRI.)
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TWRI Research Associate Amanda Tague reading measurements off the computer during monitoring.
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TWRI Program Specialist Saboor Rahmany keeping track of the eclipse while pulling the boat.
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A flight of swallows were active and noisy until the eclipse started, then disappeared and fell silent.
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It started to look more like dusk the closer to totality it got.
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Tague checking to see how much closer totality appeared to be.
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Soon it looked more like night outside, and frogs and other wildlife began to make noise.
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Tague watching the eclipse from the creek!
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Tague looking at measurements in the dark.
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The total eclipse in progress.
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