Viewing the 2017 eclipse at MIT
August 24, 2017

People gather to observe the solar eclipse in the Kresge Oval and outside the Stratton Student Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Aug. 21, 2017. This solar eclipse is the first in nearly 40 years to have a path observable total eclipse from coast to coast in the United States. People at this location in Massachusetts, however, only observed about 66% coverage of the moon over the sun. MIT set up telescopes to safely observe the eclipse, in addition to homemade camera obscura and pinhole viewers and eclipse glasses.

As crowds gathered for the eclipse earlier this week, I went to the campus of MIT and decided to photograph people as they beheld the totality.

People gather to observe the solar eclipse in the Kresge Oval and outside the Stratton Student Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Aug. 21, 2017. This solar eclipse is the first in nearly 40 years to have a path observable total eclipse from coast to coast in the United States. People at this location in Massachusetts, however, only observed about 66% coverage of the moon over the sun. MIT set up telescopes to safely observe the eclipse, in addition to homemade camera obscura and pinhole viewers and eclipse glasses.
People gather to observe the solar eclipse in the Kresge Oval and outside the Stratton Student Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Aug. 21, 2017. This solar eclipse is the first in nearly 40 years to have a path observable total eclipse from coast to coast in the United States. People at this location in Massachusetts, however, only observed about 66% coverage of the moon over the sun. MIT set up telescopes to safely observe the eclipse, in addition to homemade camera obscura and pinhole viewers and eclipse glasses.
People gather to observe the solar eclipse in the Kresge Oval and outside the Stratton Student Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Aug. 21, 2017. This solar eclipse is the first in nearly 40 years to have a path observable total eclipse from coast to coast in the United States. People at this location in Massachusetts, however, only observed about 66% coverage of the moon over the sun. MIT set up telescopes to safely observe the eclipse, in addition to homemade camera obscura and pinhole viewers and eclipse glasses.
People gather to observe the solar eclipse in the Kresge Oval and outside the Stratton Student Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Aug. 21, 2017. This solar eclipse is the first in nearly 40 years to have a path observable total eclipse from coast to coast in the United States. People at this location in Massachusetts, however, only observed about 66% coverage of the moon over the sun. MIT set up telescopes to safely observe the eclipse, in addition to homemade camera obscura and pinhole viewers and eclipse glasses.
People gather to observe the solar eclipse in the Kresge Oval and outside the Stratton Student Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Aug. 21, 2017. This solar eclipse is the first in nearly 40 years to have a path observable total eclipse from coast to coast in the United States. People at this location in Massachusetts, however, only observed about 66% coverage of the moon over the sun. MIT set up telescopes to safely observe the eclipse, in addition to homemade camera obscura and pinhole viewers and eclipse glasses.
People gather to observe the solar eclipse in the Kresge Oval and outside the Stratton Student Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Aug. 21, 2017. This solar eclipse is the first in nearly 40 years to have a path observable total eclipse from coast to coast in the United States. People at this location in Massachusetts, however, only observed about 66% coverage of the moon over the sun. MIT set up telescopes to safely observe the eclipse, in addition to homemade camera obscura and pinhole viewers and eclipse glasses.
People gather to observe the solar eclipse in the Kresge Oval and outside the Stratton Student Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Aug. 21, 2017. This solar eclipse is the first in nearly 40 years to have a path observable total eclipse from coast to coast in the United States. People at this location in Massachusetts, however, only observed about 66% coverage of the moon over the sun. MIT set up telescopes to safely observe the eclipse, in addition to homemade camera obscura and pinhole viewers and eclipse glasses.
People gather to observe the solar eclipse in the Kresge Oval and outside the Stratton Student Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Aug. 21, 2017. This solar eclipse is the first in nearly 40 years to have a path observable total eclipse from coast to coast in the United States. People at this location in Massachusetts, however, only observed about 66% coverage of the moon over the sun. MIT set up telescopes to safely observe the eclipse, in addition to homemade camera obscura and pinhole viewers and eclipse glasses.
People gather to observe the solar eclipse in the Kresge Oval and outside the Stratton Student Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Aug. 21, 2017. This solar eclipse is the first in nearly 40 years to have a path observable total eclipse from coast to coast in the United States. People at this location in Massachusetts, however, only observed about 66% coverage of the moon over the sun. MIT set up telescopes to safely observe the eclipse, in addition to homemade camera obscura and pinhole viewers and eclipse glasses.
People gather to observe the solar eclipse in the Kresge Oval and outside the Stratton Student Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Aug. 21, 2017. This solar eclipse is the first in nearly 40 years to have a path observable total eclipse from coast to coast in the United States. People at this location in Massachusetts, however, only observed about 66% coverage of the moon over the sun. MIT set up telescopes to safely observe the eclipse, in addition to homemade camera obscura and pinhole viewers and eclipse glasses.
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