Slideshow The solar eclipse over UW-Madison
The moon passed in front of the sun Monday for a maximum 85 percent solar eclipse. Here it is as seen from the Library Mall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A total solar eclipse was visible, for the first time in almost 100 years, along a coast-to-coast path across the middle of the United States from Oregon to the Carolinas.
The moon passes orbit in front of the sun for a maximum 85 percent solar eclipse — as seen from the Library Mall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison — on Aug. 21, 2017. A total solar eclipse was visible, for the first time in almost 100 years, along a coast-to-coast path across the middle of the United States from Oregon to the Carolinas.
Tony Zappia, a 1991 UW-Madison alumnus with a degree in political science, wears solar-filtered eyeglasses to observe the eclipse from the Memorial Union Terrace at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
An observer uses sunglasses held in front of a smartphone to look at the moon as it passes orbit in front of the sun.
UW-Madison undergraduate Jennifer Glaser (left) and graduate student Eileen Lynch wear solar-filtered eyeglasses to watch the moon as it passes orbit in front of the sun for a maximum 85 percent solar eclipse — as seen from the Memorial Union Terrace.
An observer uses solar-filtered glasses held in front of a smartphone to look at the moon as it passes orbit in front of the sun.
This time-lapse view was captured with an iPhone attached to a solar-filtered telescope. The position of the sun and moon appears to pass through the telescope’s lens objective because the earth is rotating in relation to the objects in the sky. (By Jeff Miller )
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