An airplane passes through the sky as the moon begins to cover the sun during the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse in Westfield, New York. (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
As we promised on Sunday, PUP staffers spread out over three states to enjoy Monday afternoon’s solar eclipse. It took some effort — Alexandra Wimley got home from Western New York at around 10 p.m. after a four-hour-plus drive on the back roads. “Worth it though,” she said. Said Jennifer Kundrach from her home in totality in Wooster, Ohio, where she and her daughter, Anastasia, were joined by our John Santa and his son, Jack, “It was perfect.” Here are some of our snaps.
The moon covers the sun during the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse in Westfield, New York. (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Union Progress)Only a sliver of the sun remains visible as the moon shadows it during the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse in Westfield, New York. (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Union Progress)A dusky sky is seen over Lake Erie from Barcelona Harbor Beach during the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse in Westfield, New York. (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Union Progress)The moon covers the sun during the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse in Westfield, New York. (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Union Progress)Anastasia Kundrach, 9, watches the progression of Monday’s total solar eclipse at Freedlander Park in Wooster, Ohio, on April 8, 2024. (Jennifer Kundrach/Pittsburgh Union Progress) Jack Santa, 5, observes the solar eclipse with his dad, John Santa, at Freedlander Park in Wooster, Ohio, on Monday, April 8, 2024. (Jennifer Kundrach/Pittsburgh Union Progress) “I came up with this [in Brighton Heights] shooting the eclipse without the glasses over my phone’s lenses, and the clouds (I guess?) created an image of the eclipse below the actual thing. It’s kind of like looking at the images from the shade of a tree or on a pinhole camera.” (Mike Pound/Pittsburgh Union Progress) Kelly Garrett, left, and Mike Pound at their Brighton Heights home watch the eclipse while listening to Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon.” (Mike Pound/Pittsburgh Union Progress)Brenda and Steve Mellon celebrate their 41st wedding anniversary by viewing the full eclipse from a field in North Canton, Ohio. The two, married in 1983, were visiting their daughter Brooke, a high school math teacher. (Brooke Mellon)Brenda Mellon, left, and daughter Brooke view the full eclipse from a field in North Canton, Ohio. Brooke Mellon is a high school math teacher in the area. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Union Progress)Clouds drifted over Clarence, New York, just a bit north of Buffalo, but they opened enough to give several good views of the eclipse. Marian Needham, executive vice president of The NewsGuild, captured this frame. (Marian Needham)
