Spectators across the U.S. look skyward for solar eclipse
Millions of people flocked to areas of the U.S. that are in the “path of totality” in order to experience a total solar eclipse. During the event, the moon passes in between the sun and the Earth, appearing to block the sun.
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- A person dressed as a Star Wars Stormtrooper poses as people arrive at Saluki Stadium on the campus of Southern Illinois University to watch the solar eclipse on August 21, 2017 in Carbondale, Illinois. With approximately 2 minutes 40 seconds of totality the area in Southern Illinois will experience the longest duration of totality during the eclipse. Millions of people are expected to watch as the eclipse cuts a path of totality 70 miles wide across the United States from Oregon to South Carolina on August 21. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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- People set up cameras and telescopes as they prepare to watch the total eclipse at South Mike Sedar Park on August 21, 2017 in Casper, Wyoming. Millions of people have flocked to areas of the U.S. that are in the “path of totality” in order to experience a total solar eclipse. During the event, the moon will pass in between the sun and the Earth, appearing to block the sun. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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- A van displays a written message about the solar eclipse at South Mike Sedar Park on August 21, 2017 in Casper, Wyoming. Millions of people have flocked to areas of the U.S. that are in the “path of totality” in order to experience a total solar eclipse. During the event, the moon will pass in between the sun and the Earth, appearing to block the sun. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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- The Clark family, from Shreveport, Louisiana has breakfast as they wait for the total eclipse in Grand Teton National Park on August 21, 2017 outside Jackson, Wyoming. Thousands of people have flocked to the Jackson and Teton National Park area for the 2017 solar eclipse which will be one of the areas that will experience a 100% eclipse on Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
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- Solar eclipse watchers on the beach hoping to view the total solar eclipse if the weather clears on August 21, 2017 in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. It’s been 99 years since a total solar eclipse crossed the country from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Millions of people have flocked to areas of the U.S. that are in the “path of totality” in order to experience a total solar eclipse. During the event, the moon will pass in between the sun and the Earth, appearing to block the sun. Isle of Palms is one of last vantage points where totality will be visible. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)
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- Solar eclipse fans dressed in festive attire on the beach hoping to view the total solar eclipse if the weather clears on August 21, 2017 in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. It’s been 99 years since a total solar eclipse crossed the country from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Millions of people have flocked to areas of the U.S. that are in the “path of totality” in order to experience a total solar eclipse. During the event, the moon will pass in between the sun and the Earth, appearing to block the sun. Isle of Palms is one of last vantage points where totality will be visible. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)
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- A man tests special solar glasses after getting them outside the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum on the National Mall before an eclipse August 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Skygazers across the United States awoke in excited anticipation Monday of witnessing the Sun briefly disappear, with the first total solar eclipse in 99 years to cast a shadow on the entire continent just hours away. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
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- People test special solar glasses after getting them outside the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum on the National Mall before an eclipse August 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Skygazers across the United States awoke in excited anticipation Monday of witnessing the Sun briefly disappear, with the first total solar eclipse in 99 years to cast a shadow on the entire continent just hours away. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A photographer lines up his shot ahead of the total solar eclipse at Big Summit Prairie ranch in Oregon’s Ochoco National Forest near the city of Mitchell on August 21, 2017. Skygazers across the United States awoke in excited anticipation Monday of witnessing the Sun briefly disappear, with the first total solar eclipse in 99 years to cast a shadow on the entire continent just hours away. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
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- People wait in line to buy viewing glasses for the eclipse at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles early Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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- Katie Vega and her dog Toby wait for the solar eclipse in Weiser, Idaho, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Katie and her husband Vincent traveled from Sacramento. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger)
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- Saluki cheerleaders try out eclipse glasses that they were giving out to visitors to Saluki Stadium on the campus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Ill., on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Scientists said Monday’s total eclipse would cast a shadow that would race through 14 states including Illinois. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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- A woman takes a nap as people line up to enter Saluki Stadium for eclipse festivities on the campus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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- A sign stands at the Orchard Dale historical farm near Hopkinsville, Ky., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. The location, which is in the path of totality of the solar eclipse, is also at the point of greatest intensity. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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- Mark Renz, of Rochester, N.Y., sets up his Sunspotter, a device for viewing the solar eclipse, at his campsite Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, on the Orchard Dale historical farm near Hopkinsville, Ky. The location, which is in the path of totality, is also at the point of greatest intensity. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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- Jim Cleveland, of Shelbyville, Ky., sets up a camera at his campsite at sunrise as he prepares for the solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, on the Orchard Dale historical farm near Hopkinsville, Ky. The location, which is in the path of totality, is also at the point of greatest intensity. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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- The Voodoo Bone Lady of New Orleans poses with her snakes at the Orchard Dale historical farm near Hopkinsville, Ky., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, The location, which is in the path of totality of the solar eclipse, is also at the point of greatest intensity. She said she chose to come to this location “because I feel that in the recent weeks this country has gone toward hatred and division and I’m here to do a ritual toward peace and unity to hopefully reverse the trend of things.” (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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- Ryan Oswald lines up his shot as he prepares for the solar eclipse at the Gateway Arch Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in St. Louis. The Gateway Arch sits a few miles outside of the path of totality. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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- Jason Arbaugh, of Austin, lines up his shot for the solar eclipse at the Gateway Arch on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in St. Louis. The Gateway Arch sits a few miles outside of the path of totality. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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- Beatrice resident David Knisely, with the Prairie Astronomy Club, sets his telescope to track the moon in preparation for the afternoon’s total solar eclipse at the Heritage Center on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at Homestead National Monument of America in Beatrice, Neb. (Gwyneth Roberts/The Journal-Star via AP)
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- Schweta Kulkarni, from left, Rhea Kulkarni and Saanvi Kulkarni, from Seattle, try out their eclipse glasses on the sun at a gathering of eclipse viewers in Salem, Ore., early Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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- Griffin O’Roak watches the rising sun with his homemade eclipse viewer at a gathering of eclipse viewers in Salem, Ore., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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- The early morning sun, shot through a white light solar filter, displays a series of sun spots prior to a solar eclipse at the state fairgrounds in Salem, Ore., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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- Hunter Gnann, left, and Kevin Troy, from Wappingers Falls, N.Y., check the expected path of the sun as they set up in Veteran’s Park to view the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Spring City, Tenn. (Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
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- Chas Mathis from Morristown, Tenn., uses binoculars with special solar filters to watch the sunrise as he waits in Veteran’s Park for the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Spring City, Tenn. (Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
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- People prepare to find spots to view the solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 in Spring City, Tenn. (C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
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- A spectator looks skyward during a partial eclipse of the sun on August 21, 2017 at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York. Millions of people have flocked to areas of the U.S. that are in the “path of totality” in order to experience a total solar eclipse. During the event, the moon will pass in between the sun and the Earth, appearing to block the sun. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
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- People wear solar eclipse glasses to view the partial eclipse from Beckman Lawn at Caltech in Pasadena, California on August 21, 2017. Emotional sky-gazers stood transfixed across North America Monday as the Sun vanished behind the Moon in a rare total eclipse that swept the continent coast-to-coast for the first time in nearly a century. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A large crowd gathers in front of the Hollywood sign at the Griffith Observatory to watch the solar eclipse in Los Angeles Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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- Spectators look up through eclipse viewing glasses at a partial phase of a total eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)
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- A woman watches the eclipse from a park on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in New York. Americans gazed in wonder through telescopes, cameras and protective glasses Monday as the moon began blotting out the midday sun in the first full-blown solar eclipse to sweep the U.S. from coast to coast in nearly a century. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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- People gather on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland to catch a glimpse of the 2017 total solar eclipse. (Sarah Silbiger/The Oregonian/ via AP)
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- Beth Christie, in front, from Pembroke, N.H., and Andy Sinwald, who works for the Isle of Palms, S.C. Recreation Department, look up during the solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, on the beach at Isle of Palms, S.C. The city of Isle of Palms hosted a beach party “Get Eclipsed on IOP”. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
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- Beach goers look up during a solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, on the beach at Isle of Palms, S.C. The city of Isle of Palms hosted a beach party “Get Eclipsed on IOP”. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
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- Photo by Robin Rudd From left, Kenya Williams and her cousin Kamau Mealing, both of Chattanooga, share their eclipse glasses in the last second of totality on Aug. 21, 2017. The cousins were joined by several hundred others on the Walnut Street Bridge in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Robin Rudd/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
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- The moon covers a part of the sun during a partial eclipse in Richmond, Va., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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