Johan Bahlmann looks through a pinhole projector he made out of a cereal box. (Ben Hillyer | The Natchez Democrat)

Students watched the NASA broadcast of the total solar eclipse in Tennessee in their classroom. (Ben Hillyer | The Natchez Democrat)

Trinity Episcopal Day School fourth- and fifth-grade students found numerous ways to see Monday’s solar eclipse. Teresa Nguyen uses solar glasses and a mask made from a paper plate to view the rare event. (Ben Hillyer | The Natchez Democrat)