Folks young and old turned their (protected) eyes skyward Monday for the celestial event of the decade, the 2017 solar eclipse. Morning clouds gave way for spectacular viewing. Clockwise from top left, front row from left, Taitum Ryan, teacher Reagan Parks, Jaiden Shimp and Sophia Lee, and second row, Greta Ladd and Jean Still watch from the Windsor Place parking lot; Iola High School students Brad Bennett, foreground, and Kylee Maloney had a relaxing view of the eclipse; IHS student Jada Cunningham eyes the eclipse’s shadow utilizing a pinhole atop a small box; Windsor Place resident Jannie Shisler dons safety glasses to watch; Gina Storrer’s third-grade class at Lincoln Elementary School donned protective eyewear affixed to paper plates for even safer viewing; other Lincoln students took advantage of their safety glasses to watch the eclipse while playing on the swings during recess. At the top of the page is a composite image of eight pictures showing the phases of the total eclipse as the moon passes from left to right in front of the sun near Perryville, Mo. Shot with an equivalent of an 800 mm lens, the partial phases are single exposures. The center image of the total eclipse is made from multiple exposures that help show more detail of the sun’s corona around the moon.
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