Dornfeld experiences total eclipse on family farm
Art teacher Kelli Dornfeld had a different experience than those at Pattonville High School because she was not at school on Monday, Aug. 21. She chose to watch the eclipse at a different location.
“It was a once in a lifetime event. I spent it with three generations of my family on our farm,” she explained as she talked about the eclipse the following day in class.
She took a photo of her daughter, Elsa, as the shadow of the eclipse shines through a hole in the tin roof of her barn and shimmers onto her face.
Whereas most of the students and teachers at Pattonville were on campus, Dornfeld got to experience her own view of the total eclipse with the ones she loves while in the path of totality.
Very few people that live in the Maryland Heights area got to observe totality and may never get to experience it ever again as it will not happen in the St. Louis area again for over 400 years.
Dornfeld shared her finals thoughts on the eclipse.
“The whole experience was surreal,” she said. “It was just so amazing it makes me giggle and smile when I think about it. It makes me sad that not everybody got the opportunity to experience that. I encourage everybody to get in the path of totality in 2024 because it’s definitely worth it.”
