Sporting safety glasses big enough to fit his enormous head, Pounce points toward the eclipse. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Jean Creighton, director of 51ÁÔÆæ's Manfred Olson Planetarium, hands out protective eyewear. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Spaights Plaza begins to fill up with one hour to go before the solar eclipse. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
51ÁÔÆæ student Jack Koshkin, a member of the planetarium staff, checks out the eclipse with the planetarium's telescope. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Eclipse viewers check out the rare celestial event with the aid of safety glasses. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Pounce checks out the eclipse with 51ÁÔÆæ students Grace Lyczak and Avery Anderson. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Planetarium staff set up telescopes for visitors to check out the eclipse. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Planetarium director Jean Creighton checks out the solar eclipse through a telescope. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Thousands of visitors filled Spaights Plaza and Pangaea Mall adjacent to the Student Union. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
At the peak of the solar eclipse at 2:08 p.m., the moon covered almost 90% of the sun in Milwaukee. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
A student views the solar eclipse. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
51ÁÔÆæ students and visitors take in the solar eclipse just outside Bolton Hall. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
A huge crowd gathered at 51ÁÔÆæ on Monday for the celestial event of the year.
51ÁÔÆæ’s Manfred Olson Planetarium hosted a solar eclipse viewing party in Spaights Plaza and the Student Union. Thousands of people took the free eclipse safety glasses, peering in the sky as the moon crossed in front of the sun. At the peak of the eclipse, almost 90% of the sun was covered.
Visitors lined up for a look at the eclipse through two telescopes that the planetarium provided to get an up-close look. Others enjoyed free food, chalk art, eclipse glasses bedazzling and other activities.
