082117 NIU Solar Eclipse (KM)

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Katrina J.E. Milton - kmilton@shawmedia.com<br /> Northern Illinois University Observatory Manager Matt Urfer adjusts the focus of a telescope outside Davis Hall so that the partial eclipse could be observed as a shadow. Urfer said that although the weather forecast predicted 70 to 80 percent cloud coverage, he was excited to see breaks in the clouds and glimpses of the eclipse.
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Katrina J.E. Milton - kmilton@shawmedia.com
Northern Illinois University Observatory Manager Matt Urfer adjusts the focus of a telescope outside Davis Hall so that the partial eclipse could be observed as a shadow. Urfer said that although the weather forecast predicted 70 to 80 percent cloud coverage, he was excited to see breaks in the clouds and glimpses of the eclipse.

  • Katrina J.E. Milton - kmilton@shawmedia.com<br /> Paul Fix Jr. (left), assistant director for secondary science educator licensure at Northern Illinois University, and his parents, Elizabeth and Paul Fix Sr. wear solar eclipse glasses to observe the partial solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21. Fix's parents traveled from Wisconsin to watch the eclipse with their son. Fix was able to view the eclipse during his lunch break.
  • Katrina J.E. Milton - kmilton@shawmedia.com<br /> Lisa Kaczmarczyk of DeKalb (left), her daughter Regina, 12, and their neighbor Dylan Callaghan, 15, wear solar eclipse glasses to observe the partial solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21. "I remember seeing the last solar eclipse when I was my daughter's age, so I took the day off of work so that we could all view the eclipse together," Kaczmarczyk said.
  • Katrina J.E. Milton - kmilton@shawmedia.com<br /> Justin Moore, a graduate student in the geology department at Northern Illinois University, relaxes on the grass next to Davis Hall as he observes the partial solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21.
  • Katrina J.E. Milton - kmilton@shawmedia.com<br /> Northern Illinois University graduate students in the School of Psychology Elyse Doll (left) and Annie Phelan observe a partial solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, at the fountain courtyard east of Davis Hall on the NIU campus.
  • Katrina J.E. Milton - kmilton@shawmedia.com<br /> Northern Illinois University physics professor Michel van Veenendaal (left) and physics graduate student Bisham Poudel use a shadow box to observe the partial solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21. Van Veenendaal said he traveled to Germany to see a solar eclipse when he was younger, but the sky was too cloudy to observe anything.
  • Katrina J.E. Milton - kmilton@shawmedia.com<br /> Northern Illinois University Observatory Manager Matt Urfer adjusts the focus of a telescope outside Davis Hall so that the partial eclipse could be observed as a shadow. Urfer said that although the weather forecast predicted 70 to 80 percent cloud coverage, he was excited to see breaks in the clouds and glimpses of the eclipse.
  • Katrina J.E. Milton - kmilton@shawmedia.com<br /> Ian Wickens-Walther (from left), 10, Levi Grych, 10, and Joseph Marchese, 9, observe the partial solar eclipse while wearing eclipse glasses at the DeKalb Public Library on Monday, Aug. 21.
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