Vienna High School students gathered outside the building on Monday and donned their special glasses to view the solar eclipse that was visible throughout the continent on April 8. VHS astronomy teacher Tom Evers said he and his students had prepared for the event by watching videos about solar eclipses. Vienna fell just outside the path of totality, which meant the moon only covered about 97 percent of the sun as it is visible here. In southeastern Missouri, the eclipse reached totality. Maries County residents may have noticed an increase in traffic on Highway 63 Monday evening because of people returning from that part of the state. The astronomical event will be the last total solar eclipse visible in the contiguous United States until 2044 and the last solar eclipse visible in Missouri until an annular (partial) eclipse occurs on June 11, 2048.