Total Eclipse over Dallas Texas 2024 - A Timelapse

April 8, 2024
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[@alberteinsteinthejew]

To those who keep saying people who drive cant stop to enjoy: no you can’t stop on the highway

[@Dargonhuman]

And it's really not that big of a deal. It just gets weirdly dark for a few minutes - I've seen several eclipses in my life, and each one has left me asking, "What, that's it?"

[@mgntstr]

@@Dargonhuman seen several you have but still not seeing you are

[@Dargonhuman]

@@mgntstr It's a shadow. There wasn't much to see, literally, because it was too dark to see anything.

[@mgntstr]

@@Dargonhuman Music is just a bunch of auditory frequencies. Nothing special really.

[@Dargonhuman]

@@mgntstr Ah, I see you have a Master's Degree in False Equivalency. Nice.

[@MultiPurposeReviewer]

That is really cool that you were able to be there in the main path and get this view; not a view we normally are able to see. And glad to see another video!

[@chronodiesel6560]

This was a really creepy experience. I have heard about this before, but never seen it before myself. Day to night to Day all within 4 minutes. Thanks for continuing to watch my videos!!

[@MultiPurposeReviewer]

@@chronodiesel6560 I have yet to witness actual totality myself. I've seen a picture of an eclipse that was taken from the ISS; it's literally a giant black spot on the surface of the earth. Just doesn't look normal. And you're welcome; they really are high quality videos.

[@elijahmeadezenan5584]

​@@MultiPurposeReviewerthat's the moon's shadow on the earth :)

[@horatiuvoina3749]

How can people be so unbothered about such a unique opportunity? 🙄 I literally flew across the Atlantic to see it.

[@MyLouTube]

Same! So crazy to me!

[@groomerkiller3947]

How dare these people have lives

[@Meanderonthemoon]

@@groomerkiller3947 Watching a total solar eclipse and having a life are not mutually exclusive. Who would have thought?

[@maffoop]

This is my third one since 2017 with complete or near totality. I get it. People are like, well it's cool but I've got places to be. I didn't go out of my way to see them. I just happened to be nearby for three of them.

[@Dargonhuman]

It's just a big ass shadow. Outside of scientific study, eclipses really aren't that interesting. I've seen a total of four ranging between 80% to 99% totality and every time I was left wondering "What, that's it? My blackout curtains at home have the same effect..." Same goes for lunar eclipses. I've seen about half a dozen when I was growing up, and they're nothing that special either.

[@ElmoUnk1953]

I was watching with my children and grandchildren in Richardson. What a beautiful moment in time.

[@zingerman11259]

I feel bad for all those people driving and not being able to look up

[@rockwithyou2006]

i took a flight to Dallas from Cali to see this eclipse from a burger king parking lot. Guess what, there were people inside Burger King who did not even step out to take a look at the Sun/Moon for 3 mins.

[@ryandubyak7035]

@@rockwithyou2006 sad that there’s so many people that wanted to be there for this and there’s people that are position right there and they’re totally oblivious or don’t care

[@kurtdewittphoto]

@@rockwithyou2006 The fries aren't going to eat themselves!

[@mryan4452]

​@@kurtdewittphotoeach to their own 😂😂

[@iamsercanak]

@@rockwithyou2006wthhhh

[@MrGriff305]

Not sure why people wouldn't stop driving and enjoy such a rare and unique event. Lots of humans don't appreciate things bigger than themselves.

[@sureshkrjsl]

They cant judt stop on the highway. And people have to get to places for work, so they cant stop either

[@TheTeddyGuy28]

@@sureshkrjsl If my work can't abide me spending 4 minutes to watch a once in a lifetime celestial event, they can find a new employee lmao. It's a good time to be an employee as far as options go.

[@jeffhayesexperiment]

@@TheTeddyGuy28unfortunately people have things to do and places to be. There are so many circumstances and variables. I was driving when it happened and I noticed it got a it’ll darker. I wasn’t in full totality though. I don’t know. and I was on i95 too busy to pull over. it is what it is my friend.

[@TheTeddyGuy28]

@@jeffhayesexperiment Being on the highway + not being in totality justifies it. The sky just gets a little shady and there's nothing to see without eclipse glasses on hand. But these folks were in totality. Just pull over and check it out if you aren't on the highway lol.

[@jeffhayesexperiment]

@@TheTeddyGuy28 haha ya I guess you’re right. full totality is a rare event.

[@42luke93]

The fact people can not stop driving to enjoy the view.

[@karel8y]

not in a fake video

[@BubbyLive]

@@karel8y how is it fake?

[@potatopilot1699]

you're dumb bro

[@SlandersPete]

@@karel8y Clearly not a fake video.

[@speedyme200]

Gotta go! go! gooooo!! cant stop! stop! stooooppp!!

[@rhuntington3]

Wicked cool spot for a time lapse!

[@neru5839]

I was at school in Dallas during totality. They actually let us go into the parking lot for it. It was absolutely gorgeous, and one of the best memories I've ever had with my friends, watching something that only happens once in a lifetime.

[@Uhmph]

Meanwhile…. Imagine all the special moments people miss everyday while endlessly staring into their phones.

[@tubaandianshelton7671]

We were in Corsicana TX and it was not pitch black it was like sunset. Red glow over the horizon.

[@danielc4789]

Same. I’m calling bullshit on this

[@MichalP-cm8ff]

Probably becuase there were clouds on the horizon

[@Carlitros69]

Nothing stops the city! Not even an astronomical event that will never happen again in thousands of years in the same place. But oh boy, what if instead of that.... it begins raining money?

[@OscarOlivera-ec2il]

Indeed

[@americandissident9062]

Dumbest comment of all time.

[@HelperBot]

Yeah try stopping on a massive highway and see where that gets you

[@redgreen82]

A couple hundred years, but the point stands.

[@brockreynolds870]

@@HelperBot They are called shoulders. People stop there all there all the time to fix flat tires, or to get tickets for speeding.

[@imapopo2924]

That was wild to witness firsthand. Im glad I got to see one.

[@redgreen82]

I actually have a co-worker who missed it despite being outside with clear skies in Dallas. She never took her eclipse glasses off. She stood there for about 4 minutes trying to see something and didn't ask anyone what she was supposed to be seeing until 2 min after totality.

[@ahamjax]

I'm thinking about flying to spain for the next one and these people can't even stop driving for 5 minutes

[@nathansmith5578]

Me too.

[@americandissident9062]

Why don’t you just stop worrying about other people? Is recreational irritation your hobby?

[@LoganTomaszeski-ru4wg]

There are many potential reasons why these people decided not to stop during the eclipse, they may have important work or events to get too, they may not have a clear area to drive to and watch, they may not be able to stop in the middle of the highway. Most of these people would probably love to see it, but they have to may attention to the road and get to the places they need to go.

[@ahamjax]

@@americandissident9062 Not you worrying about other people by responding to me 🤡

[@F4PhantomGaming]

believe it or not people have actual jobs and important things to do instead of wasting 30 minutes because of "oh wow moon dark"

[@avengersseven1498]

I don't understand, how can people just ignore such a phenomenal cosmic event and just keep drive 😮😮😮

[@Patrick462]

I dunno man I was there and it was not as dramatic as in this timelapse

[@KaiDub24]

As the comments on just this video prove… we as a people have different likes.. interests and concerns and that’s what makes us unique. To some it’s a once in a lifetime event.. because it is (if you’ve been lucky enough to have seen multiple then good for u) while to many others it’s nothing too concerning. I fall in the camp of appreciate the joys and curiosities of life. But at the very least, respect others opinions regardless of how they feel of these types of events. I myself would love to see it one day. But I’ll have to travel for it as it won’t occur in my country for another 200 years

[@mynameiskrysta]

I don’t respect them and I think that’s fair and realistic

[@_DriveTime]

Most are under the common misconception that a 99% eclipse is 99% similar to total eclipse. If they realized it is 0% similar, many would be far more interested.

[@KaiDub24]

@@_DriveTime agreed. So many in the comments like “I saw 99% once.. no big deal” Like u haven’t seen a total eclipse then

[@Josh-yr7gd]

After watching this over a dozen times and looking at individual cars, it seems more legit than what I first thought. Many cars remain in the same spot and you can see the lights reflecting off of them. These cars typically wouldn’t be there overnight. Also, there are people standing in the parking lot on the very right edge of the screen towards the bottom.

[@Montfrooij]

Superb video!

[@chronodiesel6560]

Thanks!

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

It's fake

[@MichalP-cm8ff]

@@nocturnalrecluse1216 PROOF?

[@DanDavis-hv7zv]

A total solar eclipse is the most exciting event in nature that can't kill you. It stirs the soul of anyone in its path that has a soul. As a scientist and a person of faith, I pray for the souls for all those people incapable of appreciating what God hath wrought. The universe is magnificent, and we have been given minds capable of discerning and calculating its complexity - and souls capable of appreciating it.

[@larrysutton925]

I live in East Texas right in the center of totality...temperature probably dropped about ten degrees-it was awesome!

[@clairet5636]

I can't believe we drove to McKinney thinking it would be less cloudy and it turned out Irving was totally clear and McKinney was cloudy. We only saw the sun for a couple seconds during totality

[@nattcattt]

The only thing I can ever think of seeing the town of McKinney is “everyone in McKinney is DEAD”

[@markbajek2541]

Just like real estate, location , location, location.

[@jmcfarlandjr]

We drove from OKC and watched it in Frisco. Also watched the eclipse in Festus, MO in 2017.

[@markbajek2541]

nice to see two in your life time by just taking a car ride. or staying at home ( talking about you Carbondale). I found the 17 one being my first as a bit more awe inspiring but that ejection on the bottom part of the sun this year especially thru binoculars was pretty spectacular.

[@Marchant2]

I missed this eclipse entirely. I don't remember it getting dark like that.

[@TAGtalkinaboutGod]

The simplicity of the human being is Pure, Cosmic Television....

[@charleshill506]

The video makes it look darker than it really got. It was still light enough to read a newspaper easily just by the ambient light. Very erie. For the people who did not stop on the highway, life does go on and some people where working and needed to be somewhere else. I don't fault anyone for that. Lucky for me I'm retired and spent the day photographing the eclipse.

[@majorskepticism7836]

I've been to the centerline of two eclipses. At both I saw people just driving by like they didn't notice anything. Odd, I have never seen it get that dark - street and porch lights came on, but it wasn't dark like the middle of the night.

[@danielc4789]

That’s because this video has been manipulated. I was in the center of totality, it did not get this dark and the horizon did not black out

[@majorskepticism7836]

@@danielc4789 no penalty for artistic adjustments. 👍

[@danielc4789]

@@majorskepticism7836 of course not. Our society rewards mischaracterizations and reveres its grifters. We hold dear our darkest impulses

[@peteperkins3859]

I ignored it, too. Took a nap, slept right through it.

[@3Black.1Red]

That must have been a really big cloud.

[@3Black.1Red]

@@Josh-yr7gd just so we are clear, i was joking about the cloud thing. you already know this but i feel the need to say this JUST IN CASE for anyone else on the fence

[@Sierra76Spartan]

@@Josh-yr7gd Not fake. I was there in Uptown Dallas and this was the exact experience. It was that dark. The 4 minutes of totality makes a huge difference. The view in Arlington, Frisco and Mckinney was less than 3 minutes totality and wasn't near as dark. I was in Idaho on the centerline for totality in 2017 and it was just like sunset there with just over 2 minutes of totality.

[@shanehayes9349]

I was just east McKinney, before Greenville and it was pretty darn impressive. Was cool how the temperature dropped some and I even had goosebumps. I thought there wasn't going to be a ring around the sun based off of media, etc however, there was a ring. Wasn't completely dark. Still badass.

[@alanrogs3990]

I was in totality and it didn't get that dark.

[@beckyswagged8850]

Same here in Little Rock Arkansas, it got dark and the street lights came on, but it wasn't pitch black like night time

[@TheBaldr]

Fake Video.

[@simonjones2453]

They would have fixed the camera's aperture so it didn't automatically adjust for the change in light to make a more dramatic video. Our eyes just do it automatically.

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

Same

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

​@TheBaldr I think you're right

[@easternpa2]

We drove 450 miles each way that weekend to see it in Cleveland. I wasn't too far from I-90 and was stunned by the number of people who couldn't care less. The sound from the interstate never changed the entire afternoon.

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

[@MyLouTube]

Great video! 😍😍😍

[@petepyeatt6909]

Gotta pay those bills.

[@calvin394]

You don’t have to stop moving to witness a totally. You’re literally in it💯

[@torerasmussen4282]

It is an IQ test

[@Dargonhuman]

The people who passed are the ones who kept driving.

[@jaspernewcombe7502]

​@@Dargonhumanthe people how are driving are the ones in cars

[@Dargonhuman]

@@jaspernewcombe7502 What?

[@alexshazam5482]

​@@jaspernewcombe7502How are driving?

[@GustafUNL]

The real IQ test is this fake video.

[@Whimsicleman]

Living in Tennessee, it was so cloudy the only thing we experienced was just darkness and 80 % totality. All my friends drove to Ohio and left me hanging.

[@philbrown9764]

I’ve seen a few partial eclipses but this is my first 100% total eclipse. My biggest take on it was, how dark it got. I NEVER thought it’d get like midnight. That was a complete surprise to me.

[@Karatyguy]

When I drove up there, there were many signs that said “No stopping on the highway to view eclipse”. Exact for exact words. Even if you wanted to, you couldn’t and it would be a safety hazard if you did.

[@Thunder_Dome45]

Yeah but if they didn't know a month ahead of time they were really buried deep in a cave then. It would only take 4 minutes at most to be viewed and over.

[@KenPen-fm3ng]

We went out to Wills Point TX to a friends property to watch. It was perfect, just enough clouds to knock off the brightness.

[@fredamariebrown4727]

This was NOT ALL of Dallas. I was there. It was a mostly cloud day and many of us missed it. BEWARE what you SEE on social media...even KZbin! It can be quite TWISTED!

[@bmeht]

Beautiful!

[@stephen300o6]

Because it is not a thing to everyone. Some folks get up to watch the sun rise. Others sleep in.

[@abacab87]

People probably figured the eclipse was the best time to drive, traffic was down a bit.

[@jflclc]

My husband took the day off and we watched from our backyard in Carrollton.

[@bumbo222]

I was in Dallas for the eclipse. All of the police were patrolling the highway to prevent people from parking in the emergency lane.

[@andrewhanson5942]

Ain't got five minutes to stop whatever frivolous pursuit they were doing to witness a once in a century cosmic event.

[@PengKuanEm]

Great shot

[@briankleinschmidt3664]

I drove all the way to Mexico when I was 17 to watch an eclipse. It is not a "life changing" event. See, change only happens over time and with consistent pressure. I guess it's value is in learning not to follow the crowd or simply repeat what you've heard. It's four minutes of diminished light. Neat. Hey, I once saw a double rainbow. . .

[@user-md9yv7jx2c]

I'd heard of this scene but this is the first I have seen.

[@diontaedaughtry974]

Great video 👍👍

[@TarHeelForevah]

*"They ignored it!!!!"* Yeah probably bc it wasn't in full totality!? We were 40 mins from Dallas in the line of complete totality. There's a huge difference so that's most likely why!

[@jarencascino7604]

What would it be like driving in it. Did people pull over?

[@kaeez]

It's actually CCTV footage layered (one from day and one from the night where it cuts to darkness) and NOT an ACTUAL ECLIPSE! Otherwise, the path of totality would be seen approaching from the distance.

[@amy_anywhere1977]

The first smart person I've found in these comments. Thank you! I knew IMMEDIATELY that this is NOT an eclipse video.

[@_DriveTime]

Shadow is traveling at nearly 2,000 mph. Multiply that by whatever the speed-up is and no way you see that. Less than a frame.

[@bluerefr]

@@_DriveTime It would NOT get anywhere NEAR as dark as this video says it did. It just looks like a 360 sunset not pitch black nighttime. This is a fake video.

[@_DriveTime]

@@bluerefr Simple camera distortion you can easily test with any cell phone. It's why pretty much any cell phone has a night mode.

[@ClockworkDave]

Wild!

[@michaelwallace1861]

Remember people this is Texas. Enough said.

[@pokeynewsome2804]

Imagine being so busy in life that you could pull over to watch a once in a lifetime occurrence. I mean whether you believe in a higher power or not you pissing your life away if you have zero time for the little things

[@walterengler5709]

It's dallas. You know how often it gets dark due to a major storm overhead? If anything you drive faster to try and avoid the oncoming hail lol.

[@VideoNOLA]

Did everyone live?

[@colonelsanderkfc6392]

nah i died

[@straderracing]

@0:23 JR Ewing sends his regards. :D

[@Arts-and_carfts]

I was at the space center houseten Texas when this happened

[@bt.c.1829]

So Cool!😎😎

[@timevaporwave]

Damn it was complete darkness there at totality!

[@GustafUNL]

The video is fake. It just cuts to nighttime.

[@joedellinger9437]

Make sure to turn on your headlights if the sun goes out while you are driving!

[@jackc70]

If they closed their eyes it would have been even darker!

[@JgWerd]

I traveled 1,000 miles to Dallas to see this, and the locals couldn’t be bothered to look up

[@reneeandchrisforever]

Different strokes for different folks. Not everybody cares about what’s important to others.

[@reedermh]

I took the day off from work to view it.

[@ryanwolf4101]

The only thing in Texas that stops traffic is ice.

[@Finderoflostthings08]

very cool!

[@kylebarvel]

I only got to see the April 8 eclipse and the 2015 lunar one

[@WA_S_S_AW]

In the entire history of the world a total eclipse has never been a sign of things to come. On September 6, 1755, in Portugal people saw a total eclipse, it really freaked them out, then on November 1, 1755 the great Portugal quake struck about a hundred miles off the coast of Lisbon and 60,000 people died from the tsunami that the quake caused.

[@C.Church]

This was great, but a slight tweak to raise the bar... During the darkness go back to 1:1 speed for 10 seconds so the viewer can drink it in, then speed back up. Bump it up two notches, use the original ambient sound (minus annoying background chatter) if you have it.

[@chronodiesel6560]

This was the first time in my life I have photographed an eclipse landscape timelapse We’re the settings ideal? Absolutely not. Am I ever going to get a 2nd chance, nope. If I were photographing sunsets, I can get another chance the next day, and the next, and the next to perfect my skills. This was a once in a lifetime event.

[@C.Church]

@@chronodiesel6560 OK, I wasnt judging you, just suggesting something if you wished to put a version 2.0 out that people may really like too. Im just a regular viewer hoping it slowed down.

[@chemicalburn]

@@C.ChurchI took this as a time lapse with each shot being 2 seconds apart. This is not a video sped up. Its already running at 24fps and slowing it down to even 12fps would make it look terrible

[@C.Church]

@@chemicalburn Thanks for the info.

[@arandomperson4718]

Like they could even see it with the damn clouds. I literally got to see the eclipse for 30 seconds before the clouds covered it for the rest of the 4 minutes. Unluckiest cloud ever

[@silvervisage5096]

Pity, once in a lifetime experience unless you travel to where the next one will take place. Mine was in 1999 and it was fully cloudy.

[@steveconn]

Get the Warren Commission!

[@FearTheKlowns]

I'm shocked. My dad told me not to drive, seriously, he had been abusing me the whole alive. :( I'm only 1 hour away from my hometown.

[@schneemann-fy6gi]

Damn clouds

[@TRYCLOPS1]

It goes dark. It was my second total eclipse so I was ready with fireworks as soon as it went dark lol

[@platinumpineapple9943]

LOL I heard fireworks from the cotton bowl I was there in dallas too. I think they were coming from the west of the cotton bowl was that you

[@TRYCLOPS1]

@@platinumpineapple9943 I doubt it I was not in Dallas. In the area but probably 30 miles away. All I did was 1 ball shell. My neighbor did a 200g cake. I only did a single thing because totality was not gonna last more than 3 mins where I was at. I had planned to do a super small shoot with the Texas pyros but they all bailed out last minute (lame) lol.

[@RandomWill22]

Maybe they were trying to drive with the eclipse.

[@rudihardiansyah1108]

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[@Chiefonenut]

South of Dallas??

[@Sierra76Spartan]

East of Downtown Dallas. Near the Tension Golf Course next to White Rock Creek.

[@than217]

I'm in an acid facebook group online, and pretty much every single time without fail that there's a rocket launch in Florida, California, or Texas there's a string of posts "OMG What did I just witness?!?! Is this HAARP? Is this aliens?!?! Why isn't the government telling us about this?!?!" I'm imagining half the people driving in this video saying "What in the hell just happened?!?! Is a storm coming?"

[@auhsoj308]

Great shot, it looks so pitch black. I also make science videos. Want to see them?

[@Dreamephotoz7]

Amazingggg though!

[@treloarw]

Other than exceptional bad weather, you will never see dallas traffic that light in the middle of a Monday on any other day. 🤣

[@enigma51ted]

awesome, i was in south indiana Blue skies. how come no horizon glow in dallas?

[@GustafUNL]

This video is fake. Not an actual video of the eclipse, just cuts to nighttime footage.

[@Henry_Churches]

..Because it’s a manipulated video.

[@GustafUNL]

video is fake. It's not the eclipse it's just nighttime.

[@coolcaden26]

Look guys, you need to understand that you can't just stop in the middle of the highway.

[@user-eu5eu7sc8b]

I mean sure people from trees, parks and houses did watch it than streets.

[@joer8432]

Some people just aren't into it like others. No big deal.

[@bobthetroll]

Does anyone saying "why don't they stop" have bills to pay?

[@_DriveTime]

They're probably able to take 3.5 minutes off once in their life during their commute I'm guessing.

[@bosmanragga51]

Could really scare people if it happens and was never announced

[@elboogie3373]

There's my car @:26

[@Dargonhuman]

🤣

[@flamingcheetopuff8434]

Cool

[@Jabber_Wock]

Lol I know some people in Dallas who slept right through it believe it or not 😮

[@luckyhubbie]

Doubt this was the eclipse. Just one night in time lapse.

[@Ricepotayto]

Actually as someone for dallas you should’ve seen the millions of people crowding. And give me a clear reason why people would risk a major car wreck just to see an eclipse they can see in 2044?

[@markbajek2541]

In their flying cars

[@mcfly7]

Light bulb changed...

[@GOLDWING_777]

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