BEATRICE - No traffic jams, this time. Still, the partial solar eclipse brought over 100 eclipse-watchers to the Homestead National Historical Park to view through protected glasses, or filtered telescopes that were provided.


"We had glasses for the first 200 people that came out today...and then the Friends of Homestead have provided moon pies for the first 200 visitors, as well...to help celebrate the partial eclipse...and we have telescopes with sun filters on them, so they are safe....and you'll be able to view the eclipse through that, as well", said Park Ranger Amy Genke.


There was plenty of space at the south side of the Heritage Center, unlike 2017….when upwards of 20,000 to 25,000 people came to the park to experience the eclipse…when Nebraska was in the path of totality.


Many areas along the path of totality this time were expected to be fighting cloud cover, but that wasn’t the case at the Homestead.  "We have lucked out today. It's a beautiful day to be out at the park."


In southeast Nebraska….at the peak of this eclipse, the moon was blotting out 80-to-85 percent of the sun….with the eclipse starting just after 12:35 p.m., peaking just before 2 p.m…. then ending at about 3:10 p.m., a total time of around two-and-a-half hours.