Glassy-eyed observers Gabe Wolter, Arian Tajik, Lowis O’Connor, Josh Wood, Jack Friker and Laurence Friker (rear) witness the last solar eclipse at Scoville Park. | WILLIAM CAMARGO/Contributor
Scoville Park was packed with several hundred eclipse-chasers on Monday afternoon. Despite the cloud cover, the sky cleared just in time to view the peak (87% coverage) as the sun and moon were locked in celestial alignment. It wasn’t Carbondale, but everyone seemed to enjoy the show. | WILLIAM CAMARGO/Contributor
With the heat some children took time to buy an ice cream to enjoy with the viewing of the solar eclipse at Scoville Park in Oak Park on Monday. | WILLIAM CAMARGO/Contributor
Damarius and his family spent their time watching the solar eclipse at Scoville Park in downtown Oak Park on Monday. | WILLIAM CAMARGO/Contributor
A very full Scoville Park in Oak Park during the peak hour times of the solar eclipse that was visible throughout the Unites States on Monday. | WILLIAM CAMARGO/Contributor
A very full Scoville Park in Oak Park during the peak hour times of the solar eclipse that was visible throughout the Unites States on Monday. | WILLIAM CAMARGO/Contributor
Laurence Friker lays down in the Scoville Park grass in Oak Park as she watches the solar eclipse on Monday. | WILLIAM CAMARGO/Contributor
Mason Carroll looks up to the sun, as the solar eclipse begins, and a watch party happens at Scoville Park in downtown Oak Park on Monday. | WILLIAM CAMARGO/Contributor
Children took some time to draw their own solar eclipses during an eclipse event in Scoville Park in Oak Park on Monday. | WILLIAM CAMARGO/Contributor
Scoville Park was packed with several hundred eclipse-chasers on Monday afternoon. Despite the cloud cover, the sky cleared just in time to view the peak (87% coverage) as the sun and moon were locked in celestial alignment. It wasn’t Carbondale, but everyone seemed to enjoy the show.
