Crowds across Oklahoma gather to experience solar eclipse

>> ALL EYES ARE TO THE SKY RIGHT NOW AS WELL WITH THE PATH OF TOTALITY REACHING THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF OKLAHOMA. RIGHT NOW, WE WANT TO INTERRUPT NBC'S COVERAGE FOR A MOMENT TO TAKE YOU LIVE TO OUR CREW IN IDABEL WHERE HUNTER LEASE HAS HER ECLIPSE GLASSES READY TO GO. HUNTER, WHAT'S IT LIKE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW? >> HEY, HEATHER, WE'RE SO EXCITED. YOU KNOW, WE ARE JUST ABOUT IN TOTALITY. IT IS SO CRAZY. IT'S ALREADY GETTING A LITTLE BIT DARKER. I HAVE MY FRIEND LUKE HERE WHO ACTUALLY HAS SOMETHING REALLY COOL. SO TELL US WHAT YOU MADE. SO THIS IS MY HOMEMADE 8 SO. IT'S LITERALLY JUST A FLAT SHEET OF CARDBOARD WITH SOME HOLES POKED IN IT. >> BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO IS HOLD IT OUT AND YOU CAN SEE THE CRESCENT OF THE SUN ON ANOTHER SHEET OF CARDBOARD. THAT IS SO COOL. AND LUKE, YOU'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ECLIPSE. WHY? WELL, I MEAN, IT'S JUST SO OTHERWORLDLY.

IT'S JUST A THEORY ALL THAT I CAN SAY. THAT IS AWESOME. WILL YOU GO ENJOY. GO GET YOUR GLASSES. WE ARE ABOUT IN TOTALITY HERE. LOOK ONE MORE TIME. I CAN SEE IT ALL STEP OUT. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CROWD. EVERYBODY IS SO EXCITED. THEY ALL HAVE THEIR GLASSES. >> WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WITH TELESCOPES CAMERAS, IF YOU ARE WITH US AT THE NOON SHOW, I DID MENTION SOME PEOPLE CAME FROM ENGLAND AND DENMARK, WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY COOL. THE DENMARK PEOPLE ACTUALLY SAID IN 2017 THEY STARTED PLANNING FOR THIS TRIP SO LONG TIME AGO. >> THEY ARE READY. WE ARE PLANNING ON GOING TO SPAIN NEXT YEAR FOR THE ECLIPSE. SO THEY'RE EXCITED. WE ARE ALMOST IT'S A RIGHT LIKE LITERALLY IF I COULD JUST IMAGINE IT IS LIKE THIS LITTLE SLIVER.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING. AND YOU CAN KIND OF TELL IT'S A LITTLE DARKER, THE STREET LAMPS. IF YOU CAN SEE, THEY HAVE NOW TURNED ON. >> WHICH IS CRAZY. AND IT'S JUST WE WERE HOPEFUL THAT THE CLOUDS ARE GOING TO DID. >> AND IT IS JUST SO EXCITED. SCREAMING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME SMILING. YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE LAUGHING AND IT IS SO FUN.

WE'RE JUST ABOUT IN TOTALITY. THINK TO VERY SOON. WE'RE ABOUT 4 MINUTES OF TOTALITY, WHICH IS CRAZY AND >> MY FRIEND LUKE OVER HERE TOLD ME THAT IT'S GOING TO GET EVEN DARKER THAN THIS, WHICH I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S POSSIBLE. BUT APPARENTLY IT IS. I'VE NEVER SEEN AN ECLIPSE LIKE THIS BEFORE. SO THIS IS SO EXCITING. WE'RE JUST ABOUT THERE. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TOSS IT BACK.

I KNOW YOU'RE SEEING SOME THINGS OVER THERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY WE SURE ARE. THAT'S RIGHT. YES. AND IT JUST SO, YOU KNOW, IN TEXAS, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE WATCHING IT RIGHT NOW. AND IT DIDN'T GET A LITTLE BIT DARK. THEY'RE ACTUALLY VERY DARK THERE. SO YOU COULD BE IN STORE FOR THAT AS WELL. HUNTER. >> THERE IS EXCITEMENT HERE AT HOME AS WELL AS SHE SAID, OKLAHOMA CITY IS NOT IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY, BUT WE ARE EXPERIENCING. 3.9% TOTALITY OF THE ECLIPSE. LET'S GO LIVE NOW TO SCIENCE MUSEUM, OKLAHOMA, WHERE A BIG PARTY IS UNDERWAY. AND KAYLEE OLIVAS IS RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT FOR US.

KAYLEE. >> YEAH, HEATHER, BIG PARTY. INDEED. THERE ARE TONS OF PEOPLE HERE. WE'VE SPOKEN WITH SOMEONE WHO CAME ALL THE WAY FROM SHOCK TO ANOTHER PERSON FROM OKLAHOMA CITY. SO YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF LOCAL NATIVE OKLAHOMANS HERE. LIKE HUNTER SAID, WE'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO TOTALITY. WE'RE ALMOST THERE. I'VE GOT MY FRIEND. EDWARD. HERE 10 YEARS OLD. THIS THE SECOND HOLE SOLAR ECLIPSE. EDWARD, WHAT YOU GOT YOUR HAND THERE. >> THIS IS CALLED CAN HOLD AND HOW DOES IT WORK? SO YOU ARE THIS LITTLE SILVER LINING TOWARDS THE SIDE. THERE'S A SMALL PINWHEEL RIGHT THERE'S FEELING HOLE RIGHT HERE.

YOU LOOK THROUGH IT AND YOU SEE A SMALL DOG. >> THAT GOT HAS A SMALL THAT IS SHOWING WHERE THE MOVE AIMS WRITE. SO CAN YOU CAN USE IT FOR US AND TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE. >> I GET I SEE THE CLIPS AND IT IS VERY, VERY CLEAR TO AIDES. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT'S BEEN THE BEST PART OF YOUR DAY SO FAR? >> PROBABLY JUST SCIENCE MUSEUM. >> WELL, EDWARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR SOLAR ECLIPSE WITH YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR SPENDING SOME TIME WITH US, OK? ALL RIGHT, GUYS. LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE A TON OF PEOPLE HERE. YOU'VE GOT TONS OF PEOPLE PUT THEIR GLASSES ON. IT'S GETTING DARK. IT'S GETTING CHILLY. LET ME TELL YOU, I SHOULD HAVE KEPT MY SWEATER ON BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE IT IS MID FULL MIDWINTER. SO IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE, GET A SWEATER BECAUSE IT'S STARTING TO GET CHILLY, CAN'T EVEN FEEL MY FINGERS AT THIS POINT.

YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE OVER THERE WITH TELESCOPES. YOU'VE GOT ARTS AND CRAFTS OVER HERE. LET ME TELL YOU, I WAS GETTING A LITTLE CRAFTY MYSELF. SO I'M SHOW PUT THE MIKE DOWN FOR A QUICK SECOND. SO THIS IS HOW I WILL BE WATCHING THE SOLAR ECLIPSE. GOING TO SEND IT ON. BACK TO YOU, HEATHER IN THE STUDIO. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS CRAFTY. IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE ALL THOSE KIDS. >> ENJOYING ALL THE SCIENCE THAT THEY'RE LEARNING OUT THERE, TOO.

WE WANT TO GO BACK NOW TO HUNTER ELISE, WHO'S LIVE IN IDABEL FOR US WHERE THEY'RE EXPERIENCING TOTALITY. >> OH, MY GOSH IT I HAVE NO WORDS. I AM IN SHOCK RIGHT NOW. I CAN WALK OUT. GOT MY GLASSES ON SIDED. WE'RE ALL IT FEELS LIKE IT'S NIGHT TIME RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THE COOLEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN. PROBABLY IN MY LIFE. YOU COULD SEE SOME STARS MY GOSH, THIS IS SO CRAZY. THE SUN. OH, MY. I LITERALLY HAVE NO WORDS BECAUSE I'M IN SHOCK RIGHT NOW. I'VE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. TAKE A LOOK. EVEN WAY BACK IN THE CORNER. YOUR PEOPLE HAVE COME FROM ALL OVER. THIS IS SO CRAZY. THIS IS 4 MINUTES HERE IN IDABEL. THIS IS SO CRAZY. I'M GOING TO TRY ACTUALLY. >> SEE IF I GET A PICTURE ON MY PHONE HERE SINCE I DON'T NEED GLASSES.

OH, MY GOSH. YOU CAN SEE IT PERFECTLY ON YOUR PHONE. THAT IS. THIS IS JUST WILD PEOPLE AGAIN HERE WE'LL SHOW UP AND AGAIN, PEOPLE ARE SCREAMING, HAVE THERE TELESCOPES OUT AGAIN, LIKE I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER AND RIGHT BEFORE IT, ACTUALLY, YOU COULD HEAR PEOPLE KIND OF GOING LIKE ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE ON A ROLLER COASTER RIDE BECAUSE THEY WERE SO EXCITED AND THEY WERE SCREAMING. THEY'RE EXCITED. AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN AN ECLIPSE. BUT FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT'S THE FIRST FOR ME. IT'S MY FIRST TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. AND I TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE EARLIER WHO SAID IT WAS THEIR FIRST TIME SEEING IT, TOO. AND THIS IS I DON'T EVEN NEED THE GAS. I CAN JUST LOOK THAT IS CRAZY. WE'RE 4 MINUTES IN TOTALITY HERE. AND I THIS CRAZY. IT FEELS LIKE NIGHT TIME. YEAH. I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A PLANET UP THERE. I HAVE NO IDEA. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE CAN SHINE THE CAMERA UP THERE.

I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE BECAUSE THERE'S NO SUN. CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING, LAURA? I DON'T KNOW. WE TRIED I CAN SEE A COUPLE STARS. LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE TEMPERATURE, TOO, BECAUSE KAYLEE HERE IN THE METRO AS SHE'S AT THE SCIENCE MUSEUM, SHE SAID IT'S ACTUALLY CHILLY OUT. THERE IS A CHANGING FOR YOU ABOUT. >> YES, IT IS GETTING COLDER. I SHOULDN'T HAVE A JACKET. IT'S NOT SUPER COLD BECAUSE IT'S STILL KIND OF HUMID. YOU CAN SEE THOSE STREET LAMPS ON BEHIND ME, TOO. SO IT'S DEFINITELY I MEAN, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S 06:00PM. WELL, MAYBE ACTUALLY 08:00PM. NOW THAT SUN SETS A LITTLE BIT LATER. BUT THIS IS CRAZY. IT'S A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN IT WAS CERTAINLY MORE THAN WHAT WE SAW AN HOUR AGO FOR SURE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE ALL THOUGHT THE CLOUDS ARE GOING TO COVER THIS THING AND NOW WE'RE SEEING IT. LEE. THIS IS WILD. A LITTLE BIT COOLER. IT'S GOING TO START TO WARM UP, OF COURSE, AS MOON STARTS TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY.

BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT OUR TIME FRAME IS. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S WE'RE SEEING A COUPLE STARS. COUPLE PLANES. THIS FEELS REALLY WEIRD. IT FEELS LIKE IT'S NIGHTTIME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WHICH BLOWS MY RIGHT, OK? AND SO YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER IN CASE PEOPLE ARE JUST NOW TUNING IN THAT THERE ARE FOLKS THERE FROM INTERNATIONALLY FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. WHERE DID YOU SAY THEY'RE FROM AGAIN? >> YES, SO I ORIGINALLY WALKED IN. I SAW SOME PEOPLE CALIFORNIA, UTAH, SEATTLE.

LIKE, OK, THAT'S COOL. WE CAN FIND SOMEBODY BETTER. I'M NOT SOMEBODY FROM ENGLAND AND IT GETS BETTER. I MET PEOPLE FROM DENMARK. THEY CAME ALL THE WAY FROM DENMARK. >> 2017, THEY WENT TO SOUTH CAROLINA, I THINK ARE NORTH CAROLINA. THEY FLEW HERE FOR THIS ONE NEXT YEAR. THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO SPAIN JUST TO SEE THAT ONE. SO THIS IS CRAZY. THE DENMARK PEOPLE ARE RIGHT BEHIND ME, ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE THEIR CAMERA OUT. SO THEY ARE EXCITED. THEY HAVE A FRONT ROW VIEW. YOU CAN SEE HOW EXCITED THEY ARE. THERE. THIS IS JUST SO COOL. WE MET A COUPLE PEOPLE TO FROM NORMAN MOORE, OKLAHOMA CITY. SO WE'VE SET UP A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE STATE COUPLE WHO FROM LOUISIANA OVER HERE. THEY BROUGHT SOME BEEN YEAS OVER EARLIER. SO THAT WAS EXCITING.

BUT THIS IS CRAZY. THE FACT THAT I CAN LOOK AT THE SUN SUN AND THE MOON RIGHT NOW WITHOUT GLASSES ON IS INSANE. BECAUSE AN HOUR AGO, YOU DEFINITELY COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT. BUT IT'S AN EXCITING TIME OUT HERE, MY FRIEND LUKE, WHO YOU MET EARLIER IS OVER. THEY'RE FREAKING OUT, WHICH FUN. >> OR >> I'M SORRY, HUNTER, IF YOU COULD HAVE THE SUN A LITTLE BIT COMING IN. IF SHE CAN GET A SHOT OF THE SEND US. ALL RIGHT. LET'S IF WE CAN PAN UP WITHOUT HURTING OUR CAMERA LENS.

WE WE JUST WANT TO GET A QUICK IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OUT THERE. YEAH, THAT'S PROBABLY GOOD ENOUGH WITHOUT THE CAMERA IS GREAT. BUT CLOUDS HAVE CLEARED EVERYONE HAS BEEN ABLE WATCH THEIR YES. AND THE FACT THAT PEOPLE CAME INTERNATIONALLY, IT IS. >> JUST WONDERFUL THAT WE HAD THE CLEARING OF THIS THE SKY BECAUSE ORIGINALLY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OVERCAST. SO THAT IS WONDERFUL THAT THEY ALL GOT TO WITNESS IT. AND YOU TO THIS WILL BE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OF IT FOR YOU. >> I KNOW I'M SO THANKFUL I GOT TO COME OUT HERE AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY. THOSE CLOUDS WENT AWAY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE LITERALLY 20 MINUTES AGO IT WAS CLOUDS. WE COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING. AND THEN FINALLY, ALL OF A SUDDEN BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE, THAT'S ALL WE NEEDED ALLOW IT HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SO NEAT TO SEE THAT IN 4 MINUTES. >> AND THOSE A LOT OF ANIMALS OUT THERE, I'M SURE ARE VERY CONFUSING HEARING ALL THE HUMANS CHEER WHEN IT GETS WHAT A GREAT EVENT THAT YOU GOT TO ATTEND.

HUNTER, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALSO, LOTS OF SCHOOL KIDS ACROSS OKLAHOMA GOT TO GO OUT AND SEE IF THEIR SCHOOLS PURCHASED GLASSES FOR THEM LIKE THIS. AND THE OSU CAMPUS IS ALSO WATCHING THE PHENOMENON. SO IS OU. BUT WE HAVE A SHOT HERE FROM OSU. A LIVE LOOK FROM THE LAWN IN FRONT OF THE EDMUND LOWELL LIBRARY ON THE OSU CAMPUS IN STILLWATER. ALL THE STUDENTS OUT THERE JUST ENJOYING THE ECLIPSE WITH THEIR GLASSES. OF COURSE. AND IF YOU'RE HEADING OUT RIGHT NOW, POLICE JUST DON'T WEAR SUNGLASSES THAT CAN ACTUALLY RUIN YOUR VISION. WE DON'T WANT THAT. WE ALSO HAVE PICTURES AND VIDEOS FROM THE OU CAMPUS. WE'LL SHOW YOU THOSE LATER TODAY AND WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THE SOLAR ECLIPSE FROM THE METRO TO SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA LATER TODAY ON NEWS 4 FOR RIGHT NOW.

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