Total solar eclipse crosses North America, Texas in path of totality

STORY: Total solar eclipse crosses North America, Texas in path of totality SHOOTING TIME: April 8, 2024 DATELINE: April 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:59 LOCATION: DALLAS, U.S. CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of people watching the eclipse in Plano, Dallas 2. whole process of eclipse including the 1st contact, 2nd contact, totality, 3rd contact, and 4th contact STORYLINE: A total solar eclipse passed over North America on Monday, with a significant part of the U.S. state of Texas in the path of totality. The eclipse started at Mexico's Pacific coast around 1:07 p.m. CDT, crossed into the United States near Eagle Pass, western Texas, at 1:27 p.m., and then moved northeast across Texas, and many other states before reaching Canada. In Plano, a suburban city of Dallas, the partial eclipse lasted from 12:23 p.m. to 3:02 p.m. The total eclipse, where the moon fully covered the sun, occurred from 1:41 p.m. to 1:44 p.m., lasting nearly 4 minutes. Residents and visitors gathered at Windhaven Meadow Park to o

'Hula girls' greet guests at Fukushima spa resort reopening

'Hula girls' greet guests at Fukushima spa resort reopening

IWAKI, Japan - Members of the Hula Girls, a team of hula dancers at a Hawaiian-style spa leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, greet guests at the facility's entrance on Oct. 1, 2011. The leisure complex reopened the same day after suspending business for nearly seven months following the massive earthquake in March.

New Year's card delivery starts

New Year's card delivery starts

TOKYO, Japan - Postmen on bicycles leave a post office in Tokyo's Nihombashi district Jan. 1, 2010 to deliver New Year's greeting cards. The number of cards for delivery on the day reached nearly 2.1 billion nationwide.