Total solar eclipse reaches the U.S., darkening the sky in Del Rio, Texas

ABC News' Mireya Villarreal watches the eclipse in Del Rio, Texas, as the path of totality reaches the U.S.
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[@draco2xx]

when it started to get dark you can feel the creepy ominous energy in the air and you can hear the crickets starts chirping, quite the experience

[@klj2382]

We a had a coyote howl

[@roastchicken401]

Yeah, that's the same word I was using when it was happening, 'Ominous'. Definitely describes the feeling. It kind of feels like you've entered another dimension when it happened

[@Tachyon_5]

In Gatesville I didn't hear any crickets

[@FangsOfKomodo]

put some deep space dark ambient music and this would have been sick

[@WoodyWard]

😂😂😂🤡

[@Andy-df5fj]

In large crowds, one misses out on the eerie silence.

[@Adyen-zy9mr]

My school was going wild af💀💀😂

[@Eoin_D]

The sun doesn't make noise

[@samsara-summermooncomehome5881]

​@@Eoin_D😂I don't think that's what they mean.

[@mediahouseofficial]

During the last eclipse in 2017... my dog grabbed a beer and took a swig of it.. then looked over and me and said..."Ya know, nobody is ever going to believe you." ... and then we both laughed.

[@adventuresofasouthernbelle8989]

Lol

[@Johannesburg777]

😂😂

[@floridag.o.a.t9433]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mikeprice8307]

😅

[@Professional-Commenter]

Hate it when they do that

[@Hat1607]

I flew all the way from Australia to see this. What a once in a lifetime experience!

[@lexiray1111]

It was very beautiful to see in person. The videos and pictures don't do justice

[@dewanmdurnto3592]

Man I wish I could 😢 you’re lucky

[@GoofyAhOklahoma]

Yeah, you guys in Australia got the short end of the stick. At least you get some neat annular eclipses.

[@montage1555]

Looks like Australia will get a few in the near future

[@billybob-ro6qf]

I stayed home in FL. Was hoping to be able to see the 60% but couldn't see anything all well. I'm NOT into sun worship which apparently many people are. Instead I worship the SON of GOD, JESUS.

[@Tevs91]

It was so beautiful to witness! I understand why people flocked over to witness it with us.

[@GaryJones-jh1jg]

True but sucks didn't last longer tho just a few seconds!!

[@sfstoryteller1227]

It was completely boring.

[@white_genocide2050]

​@@sfstoryteller1227go to sleep joe 😂

[@sfstoryteller1227]

@@white_genocide2050 did your feelings get hurt?

[@Adyen-zy9mr]

​@@white_genocide2050it was boring bro

[@Gyrator]

Glad we have technology that allows us to see these rare moments.

[@tski3458]

Glad to see you here at this time.

[@hihowareyouhihowareyou4500]

@@tski3458thank you 😊

[@crazynick96000]

It would honestly annoy me a little bit to try and experience totality just to have a TV crew with their LED lights shining towards you lol.

[@sandrinojohnsun9949]

I was on the side of the road near a town, was very quiet, peaceful, and enjoyable with no one screaming or cheering

[@deedeeluv9435]

It’s beautiful yet eerie

[@otarimuradishvili5540]

As is life sometimes

[@faithfrancis6881]

See how great our God is..... He is so marvellous

[@saramartinez103]

God is marvelous, wonderful, amazing, so powerful! Our God and creator!!!!

[@98overallHazard]

Jesus 28:32 Nothing will happen, he will not come for only he will see trump and think "the devil is born again, americans need to wake up and vote for somebody else.

[@Fumblefudgy]

Yes! All hail the Godhand!!!

[@Grateful2Exist]

Yes, causes the beautiful eclipse, deadly tornados, cancer, and so much more. Wonderful.

[@AuroraEthan]

I experienced totality just south of Luna Pier Michigan.. though it was short it was amazing It was 74° and dropped to 55

[@garyprieto3731]

😯😯😯

[@Detroit-gx5nd]

Did the fish jump out of the water

[@AuroraEthan]

@@Detroit-gx5nd LMAO HAHAHA nah bro but it was absolutely insane

[@StarFox6.4]

I was in Toledo 🙌 it was Epic!

[@JRoundAbout]

Insane to think that the sun has that much effect being blocked out for a couple of minutes!

[@EternalKorvo]

“You can feel the darkness” 😎

[@Allin7days]

every nights... lol

[@tski3458]

Yes, you can.

[@Loveabounds.]

lol

[@Nacho-Mamma]

I AM THE DARKNESS!

[@draco2xx]

​@@Allin7daysnah, its a different weird feeling than the average night😂

[@robertleach3335]

It sucked in Chicago was nothing more than a pain with drivers looking up and it never even got dark

[@Jaytl359]

It looked like it was just cloudy that's all.

[@BrandiNaCole]

Yeah, I'm in Beaumont and literally nothing happened..

[@antoniopiscopo6258]

More fakery from the freemasonry, the masonic Tel lie vision shows nothing, just screams and the people watching screens but it all. We live in a big lie, deceptive world, the foundation of this earth is a lie, and everything else follows suit.

[@orlandowilliamson691]

It was very dark here in Ohio

[@TheConcertmaster]

@@BrandiNaCole yeah because Beaumont was not in the path of totality. Had you had clear skies at least, you would have appreciated the weaker sunlight, and with eclipse glasses, you could have seen the sun partially covered by the moon.

[@kevinsoto1079]

i hate that they had to talk to her while she was obviously trying to experience the moment

[@Eric-lx8hp]

She getting paid to experience the moment, she’ll be ok

[@melsv25]

That it's so beautiful to see🥺

[@HuyHoang-tp6oe]

😂😂😂😂

[@AlexandraRodriguez-nf4kf]

@@HuyHoang-tp6oetf is funny?

[@truleeramnarine9831]

That is not beautiful

[@truleeramnarine9831]

That

[@alberteinsteinthejew]

Just bloody awesome. Imagine how confused some of the animals for 4 minutes

[@4evaBenz]

Did she just look up at it without her glasses..

[@lexiray1111]

When it was completely covered you actually were able to look at it without glasses. It was very beautiful. I will never forget how amazing it looked

[@newatlantisrepublic6844]

I’m further north with hardly any clouds and it was a profound experience The energy, the temperature drop, the sudden silence and sense of community

[@kaComposer]

You can see the very moment she starts to feel that weird primal energy you only feel during an eclipse

[@j.j.guerrieri5257]

This was incredible, I had this feeling kind of primeval, like we are all connected to each other and to the cosmos and to earth…and I wasn’t even high

[@deepdarkcocoa7956]

I'm not gonna lie. It was beautiful. My husband and I prayed as it got darker and darker. We were able to view from our backyard.

[@rudy6192]

Why would you pray? Has nothing to do with god. Are you slow

[@enzop2835]

​@rudy6192 You are extremely ignorant lol

[@Chilakilos]

@@rudy6192everything has to do with God.

[@ThespianProda]

​@@rudy6192 ❤

[@amynatzke1050]

Yes, prayer.

[@1jidion]

here in denver, we got about 70% coverage and even we could feel the temperature drop, i work out at the airport, my friend and i were discussing that "did you feel a temp drop during the eclipse?" "yup"

[@user-qe6mq3xp3p]

I thought i was the only one who felt the tempature dropped and the energy shift

[@healingv1sion]

"You can feel the darkness" i can relate to that

[@joselgerman3779]

Ya mfs made it feel like the world was coming to an end on my way home from work.

[@GaryJones-jh1jg]

True becuase I wanted too last longer but hav nt some people scared like it was a horror movie!! It's just a fucking show & it was a Dream come true period!!!

[@osamaalmansob]

This is the power of God. He is the ruler of everything. He wants to remind us of the Day of Resurrection, but we are heedless

[@ShaneiceTurner-zv8tf]

Ikr

[@lexiray1111]

​​@Charles-mg6qz you cannot prove them wrong so to accuse them of having mental illness is very vacuous

[@Charles-mg6qz]

@@lexiray1111 Perhaps, but I will say this. Religion was created to control the masses.

[@ducksinarowpatience3670]

So cute everyone cheering. Hooe y'all had fun.😮 she looked right up without glasses. 😢

[@Mia-cp9pt]

I stared at the eclipse for a mintune and now my eyes hurt

[@billybob-ro6qf]

👀😵‍💫

[@pikapikanomi1]

its just amazing how similar it looks to a black hole picture like the event horizon m87

[@abrahammejia-ss2uw]

Is it me or de she just look at it with no glasses??

[@ariannaarredondo1641]

She did… I was wondering why too

[@abrahammejia-ss2uw]

@@ariannaarredondo1641 i seen a couple of other videos where the reporters did the same thing also

[@georgeallen4495]

Brought to us by our one and only Lord! We thank you!

[@damarisgarcia8839]

Here in Dallas I was like what’s the hype but once I saw it seriously it was so beautiful ❤

[@user-yk4yl2xp2m]

Yes it was

[@user-yk4yl2xp2m]

Yes it is

[@anthonynapolitano9061]

I was a Freshman college student at Northern Michigan University for the 1979 Solar Eclipse. To me the 1979 solar eclipse observed from Marquette Michigan apeeared to make the surrounding area Darker than the 2024 Solar Eclipse I experienced from Toledo Ohio. Im guessing the two vantage points had a lot to do with it?

[@yardi95]

Damn Texas you won love from Alabama. ❤

[@user-nm1gz3uh6j]

How!!, How you can feel the darkness???? MY GOD!!!

[@nanowar1192]

Yes, you can feel it. read about it beforehand, but just experiment with it at today eclipse.

[@user-nm1gz3uh6j]

@@nanowar1192 That's why i know you are gringo or European, you don't feel ligth, you feel sound and vibrations, the energy of the people moving around, the excitement, you can feel that, that's how we latinos feel our celebrations / parties, and reunions and popular culture that you laught of. But it's the people beign togheter and the excitement of the people and their good wil and disposition let's say, but NO. phisycally you cant feel darkness. just admit that maybe people are too much excited for a normal phenomenon of nature that is beautifull and looks cool, and make people cheer around, but YOU CAN'T FEEL DARKNESS!.

[@daniellebrunson5201]

7 years ago this how dark it was in Charleston, SC

[@mexispartano8381]

I was in basic training when it happened lol. We got disciplined for getting excited. It was gorgeous nonetheless.

[@tski3458]

I saw that as well.

[@daniellebrunson5201]

@@mexispartano8381 agreed

[@daniellebrunson5201]

@@tski3458 cool 😎

[@daniellebrunson5201]

@mexispartano8381 Also hope the discipline wasn't that bad

[@jrudymorganclark2072]

I have never seen a solar eclipse in my life, too bad that I didn't experience it cause I live in California.

[@TitanAstroToilet-es4hx]

I’m in California and I saw it

[@John_doe627]

Fr I was outside the whole time

[@John_doe627]

Boring that it’s sunny and happy looking outside

[@TitanAstroToilet-es4hx]

Where are you at California

[@John_doe627]

@@TitanAstroToilet-es4hxCentral Valley near Fresno ca

[@tonelow5]

I deliver mail in Bloomfield hills Michigan and I must say it was badass today The blue angels flew over Woodward avenue with full afterburner right before it got dark It was a moment I will never forget Especially seeing the jets and hearing them scream through the sky over Woodward avenue couldn’t have been any more blood pumping and exciting . ❤😊

[@tearupnationinc.7199]

Im playing in the middle of the night 🎵🎵🎵🎵 night core

[@hoseaswai6247]

Real total dark like real night we have here at another part of our earth

[@crystalwaters2525]

Meanwhile in Tromsø, Norway, where the sun does not even rise from November to January, people think you are all very silly.

[@user-mn6sq3is4t]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BeamoCantLack]

Bro i missed it bc i fell asleep💀

[@KING-MUFFASA]

Bunch of people who dont work out there

[@Goldengurl85]

Lucky to all those who experienced it!!

[@itsfivem]

ONCE I SAW IT WITH MY EYES MY EYES HURTED ME FOR ABOUT 6 MINS, AND THEN THEY STOPPED HURTING ME .....NEVER LOOK AT IT WITH NO GLASSES

[@producedbymj]

chat i can confirm this is false i looked at it with no problem all yall shd too

[@vorehart]

​@@producedbymjno it causes eye damage lol you might feel okay now but later on... 😣

[@miggy3735]

🌘🌑🌒 🙄 🫣 😳 😵‍💫

[@TRVPHAUS]

@@vorehart later on nothing.

[@kokoekeng2499]

@@producedbymj you won't feel anything because there is no nerves inside your eye.

[@jamesbritton635]

Seeing the eclipse through the clouds makes it even more atmospheric.

[@dee-annfebiar5893]

Omg it was amazing it was just sad we only got to see it at school btw the news is on now in my house thank you abc news for sharing this special moment with us and citizens

[@kreed4480]

I wonder how many of those people will actually watch the video on their phones ever again… lol crazy how people feel the need to record everything they see

[@TheConcertmaster]

Let me put it this way, every once and then I still review the pictures I took of a lunar eclipse that happened many years ago. And that was just a lunar eclipse!

[@voratheharbinger2384]

Where I was at we didn't have totality we had over 75% but seeing the sun shaped like a very skinny crescent moon was amazing

[@herward1047]

So epic, got to see it at the maximum totality here in Leander just when clouds were disipating, awesome!

[@samsara-summermooncomehome5881]

It's odd how that happened in a lot of other cities. Almost like they were being controlled somehow for just those few seconds.

[@kiaragracy4305]

Our GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD 😍😍😍😍😍🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@christianmichael1970]

God????? oh please...... The earth is 5 billion years old and the bible was written when saying god created the world???? There 's a discrepancy in your belief.

[@mackythekingkid3234]

JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD🥹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@billybob-ro6qf]

@@christianmichael1970 Yes you choose to believe the lies of the world. While me & countless others believe GOD'S WORD which is TRUTH! World only 6,000 years old since Creation. Since your clearly not a believer you have not right calling yourself a Christian.

[@Dave12753]

Around my area in Sanilac County Michigan it didn't get crazy dark but when it the darkest i looked up and saw the partial eclipse. It was still pretty cool. A bunch of people were in the parking lot looking at it with welding masks

[@emillion4470]

Big deal! Back in 83', I experienced a total eclipse...of the heart. I haven't gotten over it yet,

[@Johannesburg777]

I see what you did there lol

[@ThespianProda]

Bright eyes.

[@celebrity_sifer]

If the world is flat. Then Why is half the earth experiencing this eclipse?!??

[@ryano3959]

Don't ask answers you don't want the question to

[@DavFN123]

Because clearly the earth is a doughnut bro🙄

[@xureez]

because..it’s…round?

[@patrickwong9520]

because the other half of the world is in dark ages for half a day (don't take me seriously)

[@antoniopiscopo6258]

Half the earth is witnessing nothing, I,m in Italy nowhere in Europe, and yes the earth is and always has been flat, covered with a dome, or the Firmament, we have all been lied to since birth, and water cannot stick to a ball, that's why it's called sea level. I know for most people they cannot grasp they have been lied to, and therefore cannot use there common sense. Sad but true, they even faked the whole world with a made up virus, and the majority of the people, still cannot figure things out. Sad but true

[@franktutut2678]

Watching in Kenya

[@jjeff500tv]

@2:55 .Her.. 'turn that light off i want to see this' 🎉❤😂 yes before they start yelling. I feel bad for camera operator, they didn't get to watch. I would have used a tripod or requested one. God bless the Camera folks ❤

[@Longest-Word-In-English]

Time: 10:00 PM

[@bigterribletexas1501]

This was beautiful we seen it here in East Texas

[@renatoodfina5016]

Reminds me of that Futurama episode when a dark energy started growing towards their ship and the characters just kept watching as it grew wider and each time it consumed something they kept saying oh no again and again. “ oooh no, oooh no, oooh no….

[@PyroAnonymous]

We had a good view of the eclipse over at Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada

[@szshz]

Incredible and mysterious universe, I wish we could see one in Europe in our lifetime!

[@truleeramnarine9831]

Darkness Is nothing to celebrate or jump for joy...I glad that never hapoen to my country...u better pray for no darkness while them demons happy. demons love darkness...when God ready for yall..yall better fear God..

[@zeke5491]

Crowds were way over estimated in Buffalo, no traffic,no throngs of people in gathering spots

[@Jlinckickz215]

Crazy it doesnt even get dark here in oa just was cloudy out ..

[@granthonis513]

Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God !

[@anthonyguarino4242]

We saw a 92% eclipse today in York pa!

[@Xii2010]

i cant even see it bc of the clouds, from PA

[@FastGuy1]

Here in TX we also had clouds but that didn’t stop us from watching this 😅

[@billybob-ro6qf]

Imagine all the FOOLS who paid big bucks for a motel room & drove 100 + miles to see the eclipse & missed it due to clouds. LOL So glad I stayed at HOME in Florida. They said it was supposed to be 60% coverage here & I thought that was good enough. No point driving far off. But sadly I didn't see anything whatsoever. O well who needs it? I have something far better, Salvation in JESUS my LORD. Be a SON OF GOD WORSHIPPER, NOT a SUN worshipper.

[@Jakob-18031]

bruh i live in houston and it was so cloudy i couldnt see

[@independentjohn]

God is so great and amazing 🙏🙌☝🏻 The creator of universe

[@nithinthomas9471]

Lol😂😂

[@JordanDCGehl]

Garbage.😂

[@user-wz4wz2gj4w]

​@@JordanDCGehl don't do that

[@billybob-ro6qf]

@@nithinthomas9471 God will not be mocked. People flocking all over the world to see the Sun & yet so few go to church to worship the SON OF GOD, JESUS! Sad day when so many rather worship creation rather than the CREATOR!

[@billybob-ro6qf]

@@JordanDCGehl yes you are GARABGE, NOTHING....without Jesus

[@kimdurig1322]

Southwest Ohio a while ago.... amazing !

[@israel4786]

It's like ppl haven't experienced night happening

[@musicismysoul8702]

Not at day time🤷‍♀️

[@jmoses8805]

This isn't night. Goof ball

[@israel4786]

@@jmoses8805 somewhere on the planet it's night time right now. I'm simply referring to it getting dark.

[@israel4786]

@@musicismysoul8702 when someone says "omg it's getting dark" during an eclipse it's just extra

[@baristaz8834]

Yeah but it's not daytime there it's night time. Here it is supposed to be daytime but it's dark like night time​@@israel4786

[@audrinasmith5013]

For me it was raining so I couldn’t see it and it was raining until 7:00 man I wish I got to see it

[@AngelFlores-lo5wo]

It went completely dark here in Rochester Ny

[@chasekemmerling1676]

it was awesome to see happy solar eclipse day

[@statonra]

My motel room was a block away from there, but I went to a park across town to view it. I had low expectations since I knew it might be cloudy. I did get a few glimpses like they showed here. And it's cool anyway to have it turn completely dark in the middle of the day even though it was cloudy.

[@xureez]

i never seen this in my entire life and yet it scares me so much 😭

[@ctrlw__7-years-ago]

Nothing to be scared of

[@art23428]

Grow up

[@gondorianslayer4250]

​@@art23428bully

[@gondorianslayer4250]

​@@ctrlw__7-years-agoBully

[@gondorianslayer4250]

​@SALTY_PUREBLOOD321bully

[@seanatlantic3721]

Daaakness! Charlie Murphy!

[@man.i.literally.failed6772]

That energy😒😮‍💨

[@user-ti9qd6sw7u]

Watch the border ,that's what matters.

[@letsgorangers5264]

I know someone who has Post Eclipse Depression Syndrome (PEDS).

[@OriginalSniperLol]

I was in california when this happened. Wished it happened here but I had lots of fun with my friends at school with our solar eclipse glasses

[@lamarthart8626]

I'm in eagle pass & it was something to witness😮

[@momosvoyage]

That's so awesome omg! ❤

[@flintfuentes7652]

all we got was a crescent in nyc

[@mimosahoney5617]

Amazing darkness ...very special moment ..💖🌟💖

[@felixe196]

Celestial

[@FaithinChristJesus777]

Yep I can feel the darkness too. Every single day. And the world will only get darker until the great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.

[@LebronCCP]

Ah you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man...

[@rajmathew6220]

@SALTY_PUREBLOOD321 No, Fatman

[@md-vl6qd]

Ok Batman

[@sahedhossain583]

Woo,,, so wanderful

[@Nyx_the_doggo]

I watched this live at school because i went back inside

[@princesspam37]

That great they experience it 🎉

[@Chicag0Zay]

In Chicago it seems like a regular day

[@katwashere194]

Reporter is trying to enjoy a profound moment and they keep talking at her 😂😂😂

[@user-mn6sq3is4t]

Agreed😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sir.bishopdesigns8384]

The Bridge had beast view no cloud

[@briancollins3704]

One of the most interesting feelings you'll ever have in your life

[@osamaalmansob]

This is the ability of God, the Creator. Everything wants to frighten us to remind us of the Day of Resurrection.... Glory be to God, have mercy on us, You are the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful.

[@augustdelacreme]

It definitely wasn’t that dark in Maryland wow 🤩

[@virtual_finger]

I am watching from India to see how long the darkness will last, but I am feeling something strange there.

[@Charles-mg6qz]

Its so weird, the darkness hasn't gone away. Explosions are being heard across the United States

[@HumanSausage48]

It barely got dark where I am in Kentucky

[@HayleeBayleecakes-in9zl]

Lucky i didn't get to see it. The moon covered it a little, and it barely got dark. Then the moon left

[@ElCompaArechiga]

Why it didn’t get dark enough in Indianapolis

[@jaymelee6270]

I’m happy we had the glasses

[@FloofTheSnowLeapord]

Went outside of my mom's house and had my glasses on and i saw it kinda

[@3dplanet100]

We gonna see it like this in the NYC area but in 2079.