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Solar Eclipse watch party at UA
Grace Trejo / Arizona Daily Star
Lex Snyder, left, sits with Jeffery Snyder on the UA Mall outside of the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, 1601 E University Blvd, to watch the partial solar eclipse Saturday morning. The University of Arizona Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium held a viewing party for the annual solar eclipse for students and locals to see nearly 83% of the sun covered by the moon on the UA Mall.
Monique Twigg sits on the shoulders of Robert McClelon to get a better view of the partial solar eclipse on the UA Mall outside of the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, 1601 E University Blvd, Saturday morning.
Christopher Bacon holds a pair of solar eclipse safety glasses up to his eyes while he looks directly at the sun during the solar eclipse viewing on the UA Mall outside of the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, 1601 E University Blvd, October 14, 2023.
Vidula Lokugama, left, shows Hiruni Jayasekera a picture he took of them while they sit on the UA Mall outside of the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, 1601 E University Blvd, during the partial solar eclipse viewing party, October 14, 2023.
Darci Sutherland, left, lets Diego Zamora looks into her telescope to get a close up view of the sun being covered by the moon during the partial solar eclipse viewing party on the UA Mall outside of the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, 1601 E University Blvd, October 14, 2023.
Jim O’Connor of Tucson’s Amateur Astronomical Association explains how much of the sun will be covered at the peak of the partial solar eclipse while he projects an image of the sun from his telescope to a monitor for all to see during the viewing party on the UA Mall outside of the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, 1601 E University Blvd, October 14, 2023.
Beck Neighbors, left, Nathan Drake, and Justine Wilken, right, look to the sun in awe as the moon covers nearly 80% of visibility to form a crescent shape during the viewing party on the UA Mall outside of the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, 1601 E University Blvd, October 14, 2023.
Abel Manreqaz puts a pair of solar eclipse safety glasses onto Angel Manreqaz’s eyes to protect him during the partial solar eclipse viewing party on the UA Mall outside of the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, 1601 E University Blvd, October 14, 2023.
A woman uses her pair of solar eclipse safety glasses to take a picture of the sun with her phone during the partial solar eclipse viewing party on the UA Mall outside of the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, 1601 E University Blvd, October 14, 2023.
Jason Uccetta, left, and Chris Cowen use professional pairs of solar eclipse safety glasses to view the partial solar eclipse during the viewing party on the UA Mall outside of the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, 1601 E University Blvd, October 14, 2023.
Carli Wright looks up at the sun during the viewing party on the UA Mall outside of the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, 1601 E University Blvd, October 14, 2023.
Sarah Cretcher, left, lays on a picnic blanket with Alex Greengaard on the UA Mall outside of the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, 1601 E University Blvd, to get a good look at the partial solar eclipse, October 14, 2023.
Rich Loper of Tucson’s Amateur Astronomical Association shades Janice Millard from the sun while she looks into his telescope on the UA Mall outside of the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, 1601 E University Blvd, to get a good look at the partial solar eclipse, October 14, 2023.
Parker Summerhays smiles big as he looks up at the partial solar eclipse through a pair of solar eclipse safety glasses during the viewing on the UA Mall outside of the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, 1601 E University Blvd, to get a good look at the partial solar eclipse, October 14, 2023.
Steve Rodgers captures the solar eclipse through his lens during the viewing on the UA Mall outside of the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, 1601 E University Blvd, to get a good look at the partial solar eclipse, October 14, 2023.