Gallery: Show me the eclipse from Missouri!
Brantly Stone, left, checks out the total solar eclipse as totality hits in Sikeston, Missouri, April 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Photographer Taylor Kelsh-Adami drove from St. Louis to capture the total solar eclipse in Sikeston, Missouri, on April, 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Photographer Taylor Kelsh-Adami, from St. Louis, lines up her shot during the solar eclipse in Sikeston, Missouri, April, 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Laurel Bragg checks out the solar eclipse in Sikeston, Missouri, April 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Laurel Bragg and her family of "eclipse chasers" drove in from Alexandria, Virginia, to watch the total solar eclipse in Sikeston, Missouri, April 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
City officials estimate that about 5,000 people visited Sikeston, Missouri, for the total solar eclipse April 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Samuel Brown from Jackson, Tennessee, looks at the solar eclipse in Sikeston, Missouri, April 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Sikeston, Missouri, city clerk Rhonda Council tries to take an improvised eclipse photo with her cell phone in on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Julie Hayes, from right, Time Hayes and Jordan Hayes from Jackson, Tennessee, watch the total solar eclipse in Sikeston, Missouri, April 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Bob and Sherry Lemon from Rock Spring, Georgia, watch the total solar eclipse in Sikeston, Missouri, April 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
NASA contractor Mike Pedraza flew in from Orlando, Florida, to capture the total solar eclipse in Sikeston, Missouri, with his family on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Daniel Giesbrecht and his daughter, Andrea, drove in from Omaha, Nebraska, to watch the the total solar eclipse in Sikeston, Missouri, for Andrea's birthday April 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
The sun is almost eclipsed in Sikeston, Missouri, on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Brantly Stone, left, and his family get ready for totality during the solar eclipse in Sikeston, Missouri, April 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Totality is achieved in Sikeston, Missouri, on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
NASA contractor Mike Pedraza flew in from Orlando, Florida, to capture the total solar eclipse in Sikeston, Missouri, with his family on April 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
NASA contractor Mike Pedraza captures totality during the solar eclipse in Sikeston, Missouri, with his family April 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Photographer Taylor Kelsh-Adami from St. Louis smiles as she looks at her photos of the total solar eclipse in Sikeston, Missouri, April, 8, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
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Patrick Lantrip is an award-winning writer, photographer and videographer based in Memphis, Tennessee. When not exploring the outdoors, Patrick enjoys spending time with his daughter, Anna.
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