Today a total solar eclipse was visible in North America once again.
While California was not in the path of its totality, those on Citrus’ campus still took the opportunity to soak in the view.
Citrus’ superintendent/president, Greg Schulz, and vice president of student services, Richard Rams, said they would watch the eclipse indirectly at the GoPass event in the Campus Center.
Raylene Garcia, a nursing student at Citrus, said she was at the shopping mall during the 2017 eclipse and remembers everyone looking up. She said she was excited to view the one this year.
Kelly Sands, a professional expert at Citrus, was viewing the eclipse from outside the math building. She said she viewed the eclipse in 2017 through a hole in a piece of paper since she didn’t have any glasses.
Sands said she hopes to view the next total solar eclipse, which will be Aug. 12, 2026, and can be viewed from countries such as Iceland and parts of Spain.
The next eclipse viewable from the contiguous United States will be on Aug. 23, 2044.
Clarion staff reporters Kenna Jenkins, Ivanna Verastegui, Lauren Duffy and Zac Quintanilla contributed to this story.
