Gazing Into History

Sulphur school students, business owners and town-folks gazed into history Monday, watching an event that not come around for another 20 years.

People throughout the community were dazzled as the moon slowly drifted into the sun’s path, creating a solar eclipse with about 95% of totality.

The celestial event was at its maximum about 1:44 p.m. when all but a sliver of the sun was visible in Sulphur. The sky noticeably dimmed for several minutes until the moon drifted off on its northeasterly route across the Unites States through Maine.