Residents gather for celestial event
The moon took center stage during the annular eclipse at Taylor Public Library Oct. 14 around noon. Residents got the chance to safely watch the eclipse.
Dario Zelasko-Jimenez remembered it was happening Friday, but forgot the day-of until the dimly lit atmosphere tipped him off.
“Well, that’s weird,” he said, after almost pass- ing it off as a cloud. “I remember just all of a sudden it got dark a little bit … I remember rushing anywhere to get the glasses.”
An attendee looks through Pastor George Qualley’s telescope for a glimpse of the annular eclipse Oct. 14. Photos by Dario Zelasko-Jimenez
Luckily, a Google search led him to the library which had glasses left over.
Pastor George Qualley was in the parking lot of the library helping spectators view the eclipse through a telescope.
“People were just amazed and in awe of the dim light they were experiencing from the eclipse,” Zelasko-Jimenez said.
Although Zelasko-Jiminez was late to the event, he still spent an hour looking at the eclipse with the glasses, taking whatever time that was left to “at least get a glimpse.”
Participants gather on the lawn outside Taylor Public Library to witness the Oct. 14 annular eclipse. Photos by Dario Zelasko-Jimenez
A tree’s shadow displays the eclipse shape onto the ground.
Attendees waited in line to see the eclipse through Pastor George Qualley’s telescope.
A few attendees leaned back in chairs to relax into the eclipse spectacle.
