From the Hill to Paducah to Owensboro to Evansville, the Talisman Photographers spread far and wide to document the solar eclipse that swept over the U.S. on Monday afternoon. The last total eclipse in the U.S. was in 2017, and the next one will not occur until 2044.
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The Hilltopper Astronomy Club watches the solar eclipse from a home in Evansville. (Photo by Emilee Arnold)Don Roberson looks through his telescope at the solar eclipse on Monday in Paducah. Roberson traveled from Atlanta to get a glimpse at the eclipse in the path of totality. Since retiring as an electrical engineer, Roberson has taken up astronomy as a hobby. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)Spencer Wright, a seventh grader from Tennessee, shows his love for space by wearing a NASA shirt and galaxy print bucket hat. Wright was out of school for the day to watch the eclipse at Noble Park in Paducah on Monday. The last total solar eclipse in the continental United States was in 2017. (Photo by Lauren Howe)Many people gathered on the riverfront of Paducah to watch the eclipse on Monday. (Photo by Preston Jenkins)Gatton Academy juniors Lola Norman (from right) of Bowling Green, Jill Patel of Owensboro and Aanyaa Arora of Bowling Green watch the solar eclipse on Monday outside the Hardin Planetarium. “I think a part of it is pretty overwhelming,” Norman said. “Just, like, the vastness of it and the rare occurrence, but I think it’s also just beautiful.” (Photo by Brodie Curtsinger)Tom Boyd looks to the sky to get a glimpse of the solar eclipse as it approaches totality at Bob Noble Park in his hometown of Paducah on Monday. Boyd frequents the park to go fishing in the lake and thought it would be the perfect place to watch the eclipse. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)Danielle Jones from Huntsville, Alabama, tries to take a picture of the sun through a pair of eclipse glasses in Paducah on Monday. Jones made the trip to Paducah with three other friends, all of whom are nurses at Huntsville Hospital. (Photo by Lauren Howe)Columbia sophomore Kylie Miller lays on South Lawn to watch the solar eclipse on Monday. (Photo by Shannon Moritz)Crescent-shaped shadows on the sidewalk at Noble Park in Paducah on Monday. In Paducah, totality began at 2 p.m. and ended at 2:02 p.m. A partial solar eclipse was visible throughout much of the continental United States. (Photo by Lauren Howe)Friends Olivia Ruzic, Morgan Curry, Emily Wollschlaeger and Hope Mettille watch the eclipse on the Downing Student Union front lawn. “I am excited to witness something so rare that many people don’t get to see,” Mettille said. (Photo by Gabriel Milby)Kamari Mozee and Anyia Brewer observe the eclipse together on the Downing Student Union front lawn. “This is my first time seeing the eclipse, and it’s a very cool experience,” Mozee said. “Seeing all the people outside to watch together is amazing.” (Photo by Gabriel Milby)Ian McRoberts from North Carolina, rushes to put on his eclipse glasses to get a final glance at the total solar eclipse in Paducah on Monday. McRoberts has been interested in space since he was 4, and earned a perfect score on a college-level astronomy test at 5. “Thank you, sun!” he said as he watched the final moments of totality. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)Members of the Hilltopper Astronomy Club look upward toward the sun as the moon begins to eclipse it during the 2024 solar eclipse in Evansville on Monday. (Photo by Emilee Arnold)Hilltopper Astronomy Club president Galilea Ochoa gazes at the total solar eclipse in Evansville. (Photo by Emilee Arnold)A view of totality from the solar eclipse in Paducah on Monday. The city had 1 minute and 34 seconds of totality. (Photo by Preston Jenkins)The phases of the solar eclipse on Monday as seen from Sacred Heart Church in Schnellville, Indiana. According to NASA, the path of totality crossed portions of Canada, the United States and Mexico, bringing the spectacle to millions of potential viewers in North America. The next total solar eclipse to be visible within the contiguous U.S. will not occur until 2044. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)Adella Farrier (left) and her son Evander Farrier experience the totality of the 2024 solar eclipse at Noble Park in Paducah on Monday. Paducah experienced totality for 1 minute and 34 seconds, but other parts of the U.S experienced up to 4 minutes. (Photo by Lauren Howe)
