2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Scenes from around Sikeston, part 1

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

By Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat

As the total solar eclipse reached totality Monday, April 8, 2024, several guests of Hampton Inn in Sikeston stayed put and watched from the parking lot while other residents and visitors gathered at Malone Park or Southeast Missouri State University in Sikeston. Students at St. Francis Xavier Catholic School in Sikeston hosted their own celebration from their playground.

John and Christie Maras of Jacksonville, Tennessee, pose together during the total solar eclipse Monday, April 8, 2024, at Hampton Inn in Sikeston, Missouri. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
Art and Angela Trail of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, pose together during the total solar eclipse Monday, April 8, 2024, at Hampton Inn in Sikeston, Missouri. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
Art Trail of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, makes adjustments to his camera and telescope where he set up to view the total solar eclipse Monday, April 8 outside of the Hampton Inn in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
Art Trail of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, makes adjustments to his camera and telescope where he set up to view the total solar eclipse Monday, April 8 outside of the Hampton Inn in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)

\Angela Trail prepares her eclipsed-theme charcuterie tray during the total solar eclipse Monday, April 8, 2024, at Hampton Inn in Sikeston, Missouri. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
The total solar eclipse is shown in phases through these images seen Monday, April 8, 2024, from the Hampton Inn parking lot in Sikeston, Missouri. (Photos Couresty of Art Trail)
Don Robertson of Corinth, Mississippi, and Charlotte Keith of Kansas City, Missouri, wait in the shade during the total solar eclipse Monday, April 8 at Hampton Inn in Sikeston, Missouri. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
Annabelle Thompson of Cornith, Mississippi, who was viewing the eclipse with her family outside at the Hampton Inn, patiently waits Monday, April 8 at the Hampton Inn in Sikeston, Missouri. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
Chuck Robertson of Kansas City, Missouri, checks the sky during the total solar eclipse Monday, April 8 at Hampton Inn in Sikeston, Missouri. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
St. Francis Xavier students in Sikeston celebrate Monday, April 8 during totality of the total solar eclipse. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
Guests gather to watch the total solar eclipse Monday, April 8 outside of the Hampton Inn in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
A California woman visiting her friend in Sikeston, Missouri, smiles during the total eclipse Monday, April 8 at Malone Park in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
John Fertig of Marietta, Georgia, makes adjustments to his camera and telescope where he set up to view the total solar eclipse Monday, April 8 outside of the Hampton Inn in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
John Fertig of Marietta, Georgia, makes adjustments to his camera and telescope where he set up to view the total solar eclipse Monday, April 8 outside of the Hampton Inn in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
Jon Kunkee of Seattle, Washington, makes adjustments to his camera and telescope where he set up to view the total solar eclipse Monday, April 8 outside of the Hampton Inn in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
St. Francis Xavier students in Sikeston jump for joy Monday, April 8 during totality of the total solar eclipse. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
St. Francis Xavier fourth grader Lily Vance checks out the status of the total solar eclipse with her eclipse glasses Monday, April 8 in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
Guests enjoy their time while waiting for the total solar eclipse Monday, April 8 outside of the Hampton Inn in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
St. Francis Xavier student Nora Deuster looks at the sun using her eclipse glasses Monday, April 8 at her school playground in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
Southeast Missouri State University staff check the sky using their eclipse glasses Monday, April 8 at the campus in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
Southeast Missouri State University staff check the sky using their eclipse glasses Monday, April 8 at the campus in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
A Sikeston family uses their eclipse glasses Monday, April 8 to check the sky from Malone Park in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
St. Francis Xavier students make a solar car Monday, April 8 on their playground in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
St. Francis Xavier students get their sundials ready Monday, April 8 on their playground in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
A St. Francis Xavier student looks through the telescope Monday, April 8 on the school's playground in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
A St. Francis Xavier student checks on the status of the total solar eclipse through a telescope Monday, April 8 in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
Tom Melchior of Salem, Missouri, checks the status of the total solar eclipse Monday, April 8 from Malone Park in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
Tucker Willis of Union Grove, Alabama, looks to the sky using his eclipse glasses Monday, April 8, 2024, at Hampton Inn in Sikeston, Missouri. His mother, Katie Willis, brought eclipse-themed snacks such as Moon Pies, Sun Chips, Sunkist, Starry, Starburst, Milky Way, Star Crunch and more for the total solar eclipse. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)
Pictured are the eclipse-themed snacks Katie Willis of Union Grove, Alabama, packed for her family while they wait for the total solar eclipse Monday, April 8 at Hampton Inn in Sikeston. (Photo provided)
The Willis family of Union Grove, Alabama, look up to the sky during the total solar eclipse Monday, April 8 at Hampton Inn in Sikeston. (Photo provided)