Watching the Partial Solar Eclipse
The Angel Moroni statue on the top of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ temple in Brigham City, Utah, is silhouetted by a solar eclipse, Thursday, October 23, 2014. (Photo by Eli Lucero/AP Photo/The Herald Journal)
A bird flies in front of sun during a partial solar eclipse at Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City, Thursday, October 23, 2014. (Photo by Sarah Phipps/AP Photo/The Oklahoman)
In this handout photo provided by NASA, Alex Frye, 12, uses special viewing glasses to look at a partial solar eclipse from a highway overpass October 23, 2014, in Arlington, Virginia. A partial eclipse occurs when the moon covers a portion of the sun as seen from the Earth. (Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)
Andrew McCarty and his daughter Zoe McCarty, 11, right, look at a projected image of the sun during a solar eclipse viewing party at the High Point Branch of the Seattle Public Library on Thursday, October 23, 2014. (Photo by Joshua Trujillo/AP Photo/Seattlepi.com)
The setting and partially eclipsed sun melts into the horizon over the Gulf of Mexico off Sand Key in Clearwater. Late Thursday, October 23, 2014, the moon passed in front of the sun causing a partial solar eclipse. The eclipse began at 3:37 p.m. EDT and ended at 7:51 p.m. In the eastern United States, the eclipse reached maximum around the time of sunset: 6:52 p.m. in the Tampa Bay area. (Photo by Jim Damaske/AP Photo/Tampa Bay Times)
A partial solar eclipse is visable through a cell tower just before sunset Thursday, October 23, 2014, in Martinsburg, W.Va. (Photo by Ron Agnir/AP Photo/The Journal)
The setting and partially eclipsed sun drops below the horizon over the Gulf of Mexico off Sand Key in Clearwater, Fla., Thursday, October 23, 2014, the moon passed in front of the sun causing a partial solar eclipse. (Photo by Jim Damaske/AP Photo/Tampa Bay Times)
Bennie Thomas, 4, of Ann Arbor holds a pair of special glasses up so that he can view a partial solar eclipse with his father Jared, at right, along S. Ashley St. in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Thursday, October 23, 2014. Members of the University Lowbrow Astronomers set up several telescopes available for the public to use. (Photo by Melanie Maxwell/AP Photo/The Ann Arbor News)
Tree branches are silhouetted against the sun during a partial eclipse as seen from Paynes Prairie Thursday, October 23, 2014, in Gainesville, Fla. (Photo by Matt Stamey/AP Photo/The Gainesville Sun)
Krishna Rao holds his son Prashant, 4, both of Ann Arbor, as they use a filter to see a partial solar eclipse along S. Ashley St. in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Thursday, October 23, 2014. Members of the University Lowbrow Astronomers set up several telescopes available for the public to use. (Photo by Melanie Maxwell/AP Photo/The Ann Arbor News)
Tree branches are silhouetted against the sun during a partial eclipse as seen from Paynes Prairie Thursday, October 23, 2014, in Gainesville, Fla. (Photo by Matt Stamey/AP Photo/The Gainesville Sun)
A jogger runs in front of the sun near the end of a partial solar eclipse at Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City, Thursday, October 23, 2014. (Photo by Sarah Phipps/AP Photo/The Oklahoman)
A partial solar eclipse is seen in a break in the clouds during rush hour in downtown Wichita Kan., Thursday, October 23, 2014. (AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle, Travis Heying)
The moon passes between the earth and the sun Thursday, October 23, 2014, near the totality stage of a partial solar eclipse as seen from West Alton, Mo. Heavy clouds blocked the entire eclipse except for about 2 minutes when it found a view through an opening in the clouds. (Photo by John Badman/AP Photo/The Telegraph)
A partial solar eclipse sets behind the Blue Ridge Mountains from a vantage point on Candler’s Mountain, Thursday evening, October 23, 2014, in Lynchburg, Va. (Photo by Max Oden/AP Photo/News & Daily Advance)
A break in the clouds reveals a partial solar eclipse behind the University of Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Thursday, October 23, 2014, in South Bend, Ind. (Photo by Robert Franklin/AP Photo/South Bend Tribune)