Towns in the path of totality, where the moon fully blocked the sun, experienced double-digit increases in visitation.
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Watch a time lapse of the solar eclipse in Jackman
This time lapse shows the total solar eclipse from initiation to totality as viewed from Jackman on Monday. The video is by Staff Photographer Gregory Rec.
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Huge crowds await the eclipse in North America. Clouds may spoil the view for many of them
The best weather was expected at the tail end of the eclipse in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, as well as New Brunswick and Newfoundland in Canada.
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Video: Eclipse watchers settle into Rangeley to ‘witness celestial mechanics in motion’
There were many woos and aaaahhhhs as people took off special glasses that let them look at the sun and stared with naked eyes at the astonishing sight of the moon replacing the sun.
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Maine Compass: When 98% isn’t good enough: working on eclipse day
A doctor reflects on missing the eclipse but experiencing the everyday miracles of working in medicine.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine got lucky with Monday’s solar eclipse
Totality lasted two and a half minutes. But everyone who saw it will never forget what they witnessed.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Heavy traffic, congestion expected for total solar eclipse in central Maine
Public safety officials said Sunday they feel prepared to handle whatever comes their way, though no one knows how heavy traffic could be or how many people will flood central Maine and beyond.