On Monday, April 8 students had the opportunity to view the partial solar eclipse during their fifth hour.

“It was really cool to be able to experience something that is so rare,” sophomore Kaylee Dinh said. “I had a lot of fun.”

“It was really fun to experience the eclipse with my friends on such a nice day,” junior Destiny Faulkner said.

The last total solar eclipse in the United States was in 2017.

A solar eclipse happens when at just the right moment the moon passes between the Sun and Earth.

During a solar eclipse there are paths of totality. These are places in the world where the moon blocks the whole entire sun and it is completely dark.

According to The National Weather Service the path of totality in the U.S. ranged across southeast Oklahoma and west-central Arkansas from southwest to northeast during the early afternoon hours of April 8.

If you look at the Sun during the eclipse there is a chance of eye damage; this is because of the Sun’s acute solar retinopathy during the eclipse. Because of this, the school supplied students with special solar eclipse viewing glasses that allow you to see the moon covering the sun.

The next total solar eclipse that will span coast-to-coast across the United States won’t be until Aug. 22, 2044. The next total solar eclipse viewable in Oklahoma and Arkansas will be on Aug. 12, 2045.