Published April 09. 2024 02:45PM
Area residents donned viewing glasses and peeked between the clouds Monday afternoon to get a look at the last total solar eclipse that crosses the U.S. until Aug. 12, 2045. Locally, people were able to see the crescent poke through the clouds. Some residents journeyed to the path of totality in western Pennsylvania or Lake Ontario.
Left: Barry Reed took this photo of the eclipse at Lake Wilhelm in Maurice K. Goddard State Park. Reed, author of the “It's in Your Nature” column, observed the birds' behavior during the total eclipse and will be writing about it in his April 20 column. See all the eclipse photos in a gallery at tnonline.com. Send your photos for the gallery to tneditor@tnonline.com BARRY REED/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
Correspondent Ron Gower traveled to Lake Ontario for the event. Here's a look of the area as darkness settled in. Gower reported, “Traffic was the worst I've seen in my life; worse than at the George Washington Bridge.” RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
Above: Lynn Shupp shared this view from her studio on Fireline Road in Palmerton. PHOTOGRAPHY BY LYNN PHOTO
Lynn Shupp shared this view from her studio on Fireline Road in Palmerton. PHOTOGRAPHY BY LYNN PHOTO
Staffer Kristine Porter traveled with her husband Mike to Western Pennsylvania to see the eclipse. Here is a view of the area during totality near the spillway of Pymatuning Lake. KRISTINE PORTER/TIMES NEWS