After weeks and months of anticipation, the solar eclipse over New York City marveled millions with misty-eyed wonder on Monday.
Aaron Kesser takes in the solar eclipse with special glasses on at MetroTech in Downtown Brooklyn on April 8, 2024.The cosmic phenomenon started at about 2:10 p.m. on April 8, with the moon slowly beginning to obscure the sun. The peak hit at 3:25 p.m. Monday, with 90% of the sun obscured at that point, causing dimming in the skies. The eclipse will come to an end at about 4:36 p.m., with theFor weeks, New York ers have been gearing up for the celestial spectacle.
“I called the library, they picked up, before they said anything else they Said ‘we don’t have glasses.’ then I saw this line, I figured maybe I’d get lucky,” said Judge Adam Perlmutter, who found the specs he was looking for at MetroTech. Blaine McCurry, director of marketing, sales and sponsorships at One World Observatory, said, “There has not been a total eclipse in New York since 1925, there will not another one until 2079, so we figured what an opportunity to celebrate.”Visitors take in the sights, and the eclipse, from the One World Observatory on April 8, 2024.
From the Brooklyn commons, Nesi Parker borrowed a pair of glasses to witness the phenomenon — which had a higher meaning.
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