Front-row seat

  • These Pauls Valley Intermediate School students had the opportunity to don their eclipse glasses and watch with their classmates from the school’s playground.
    These Pauls Valley Intermediate School students had the opportunity to don their eclipse glasses and watch with their classmates from the school’s playground.
  • These Pauls Valley Intermediate School students had the opportunity to don their eclipse glasses and watch with their classmates from the school’s playground.
    These Pauls Valley Intermediate School students had the opportunity to don their eclipse glasses and watch with their classmates from the school’s playground.
  • These Pauls Valley Intermediate School students had the opportunity to don their eclipse glasses and watch with their classmates from the school’s playground.
    These Pauls Valley Intermediate School students had the opportunity to don their eclipse glasses and watch with their classmates from the school’s playground.
  • This group of family and friends from assorted nearby towns gathered at Pauls Valley's Wacker Park Monday to view the eclipse together. The group included (seated left center) Sunny Eddy, Ashley Paul, Summer Hunter and Fallon Peters.
    This group of family and friends from assorted nearby towns gathered at Pauls Valley's Wacker Park Monday to view the eclipse together. The group included (seated left center) Sunny Eddy, Ashley Paul, Summer Hunter and Fallon Peters.
  • Trinity Tyson, Takoda Tyson and Bailey Dilbeck of Sulphur were traveling through the area on their way to an appointment Monday and decided to stop at Pauls Valley's Wacker Park to view the eclipse.
    Trinity Tyson, Takoda Tyson and Bailey Dilbeck of Sulphur were traveling through the area on their way to an appointment Monday and decided to stop at Pauls Valley's Wacker Park to view the eclipse.

While Garvin County was not in the path of complete totality for Monday's solar eclipse, area residents were able to view the phenomenon at about 96 percent of totality. Temperatures in the area dropped several degrees and skies grew dark, similar to dusk, for about 8 minutes around 1:45 in the afternoon as the eclipse reached its peak. 

News Star photos by Suzanne Mackey