Viewers watch the total solar eclipse from the Town Office in Jackman on Monday afternoon.
The diamond ring effect is shown during a total solar eclipse in Jackman Monday.
Skyler Lehmkuhl of Schenectady, New York, watches through a telescope as the total solar eclipse begins in Jackman Monday.
The sun’s corona is shown as the moon moves directly into its path over Jackman on Monday afternoon.
People prepare to watch the total solar eclipse near the Town Office in Jackman on Monday.
Lawrence Berz of Lee, Maine, uses a kitchen colander to demonstrate safe ways to project the eclipse as PBS photographer Samuel Rowland documents the scene Monday morning at the Town Office in Jackman.
Ashley Palmer, right, and her boyfriend Steve Guberman of Roxbury, New Jersey, camp out on the side of the road at the Attean Overlook rest area in Jackman on Monday, to watch the solar eclipse. On the back of their car is the message: "Totality or bust!" and they also wore special T-shirts, "Total Solar Eclipse Monday, April 8, 2024."
Scott McDonald of Fort Worth, Texas, talks about photographing the total solar eclipse while setting up his camera Monday morning at the Town Office in Jackman. McDonald said he was going to watch the eclipse in Texas, but poor weather forecasts there prompted him to change his plans and come up to Jackman.
Ania Rathmann-Noonan, 5, walks with her mother A.J. Rathmann-Noonan, left, and grandma Anne Noonan while sharing the road Monday morning with traffic that plugged the street in anticipation of the total solar eclipse in Jackman later in the day. Ania and her mother are from Brooklyn, New York, while Noonan is from Naples, Florida.
Traffic plugs Main Street in Jackman Monday morning as eclipse watchers walk near the Town office to view the total solar eclipse later in the day.
George and Karen Wolfe of Scranton, Pennsylvania take a photo together while preparing to watch the total solar eclipse at the town office in Jackman, Maine on Monday April 8, 2024.
Eclipse viewers walk on Main Street alongside vehicle traffic to the Jackman Town Office before Monday's big event.
Miranda Silvious of northern Virginia shows her total eclipse T-shirt to Denise Ten Brink of Ann Arbor, Michigan, while the pair chatted while preparing to watch the total solar eclipse at the town office in Jackman on Monday. Silvio’s said she saw the 2017 total solar eclipse in Nashville.
Sarah Fisher of Damariscotta tests her solar eclipse glasses along Main Street in Jackman Monday.
Chris Tredeau strums his guitar as others snack while waiting to view a total solar eclipse in Jackman Monday.
Chris Tredeau points to the sky as he anticipates viewing the total solar eclipse from Jackman Monday. Tredeau, of Waterville, said he wrote eclipse-themed poetry in preparation for the event. He said he planned to play music, sing and drink coffee while waiting for the eclipse.
Jack Angeles, 13, left, and sister Martina Angeles, 10, of Boston, Mass., read while waiting to view the total solar eclipse along Main Street in Jackman on Monday. The pair and their parents, Merlin and Derrick Everitt, drove their truck from Boston to Jackman to get a good look at the rare celestial phenomenon.
A woman shoots video from a vehicle on Main Street in Jackman while rolling past crowds before the total solar eclipse Monday.
Peter Birren, left, and wife Rosemary Ouellet of Harvard, Mass., make shadows as they filter the total solar eclipse through their hands in Jackman Monday.
Taylor Smith, left front, and Max Wetter, right front, are joined by Jonathan Chinen, back left, and Tara Bassi, back right, as they prepare to watch the total solar eclipse Monday afternoon in Jackman. The friends drove up from Boston.
A couple stands together while watching the total solar eclipse in Jackman on Monday.
The diamond ring effect is shown with the sun’s corona during the total solar eclipse in Jackman Monday.
The sun’s corona is shown as the solar eclipse reaches totality Monday afternoon in Jackman.
A sliver of sun is still visible from out behind the sun Monday in Jackman before the solar eclipse reached totality.
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