Watch: Solar Eclipse coverage in southeast Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS — WWL Louisiana offered complete coverage of the solar eclipse in southeast Louisiana on Monday, April 8.

Original coverage was available on the WWL website, mobile app and on WWL+ Streaming channel, which can be found on Roku, Fire Stick and other services.

WWL Louisiana Chief Meteorologist Chris Franklin was joined by Meteorologists Alexa Trischler and Alexandra Cranford to answer questions and talk to local experts about the eclipse.

Images of the eclipse were provided by WWL cameras fitted with special filters when the clouds cooperated, as well as those from other Tegna stations in the path of totality that may be expecting better weather. 

The city of New Orleans and surrounding areas began to see – again, weather permitting – the start of the eclipse around 12:30 p.m. The maximum coverage in our area – about 84 percent – occurred around 1:45 p.m. and the eclipse finished about 3:10 p.m.

During the special, questions submitted by students from around the New Orleans metro were answered by WWL meteorologists, as well as NASA scientists and personnel from John C. Stennis Space Center and beyond.

Some of the questions included:

'What does the eclipse look like from space?'

'What is a devil comet?'

'What is the sun's corona?'

'Does NASA study solar eclipses?'

'What are the different types of solar eclipses?'

'What role does technology play in studying a solar eclipse?'

'What do galaxies orbit?'

'If galaxies rotate, why do they look stationary?'

'Why do we see lights in space?'

'Is there life outside the solar system?'

'Is there weather in space?'