Local Photographer and Eclipse Lover Trails to Mountain Home, Arkansas

A 1,725-mile round trip to Mountain Home, Arkansas resulted in photos to last a lifetime. Kimberly Lowry, owner of Creative Design Photography in Sidney, made the solo bucket-list trip to capture the memory on film with Arkansas family by her side.

"To see this is like an experience out of this world, as cliché as it may sound," Lowry who planned the entire trip months in advance by weather reports had to say. An avid explorer of eclipses, this is the second time she's traveled out of her way to view the otherworldly show in totality. The professional photographer, who has a great passion for...