See solar eclipse photos from San Francisco and beyond as totality hits the U.S.
Across the region and around the country, millions of people managed to look skyward safely, gathering in groups to take it all in.
The sun is obscured by the moon during a partial solar eclipse from the rooftop of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco on Monday. | Source: Jungho Kim for The Standard
Across the region and around the country, millions of people managed to look skyward safely, gathering in groups to take in Monday’s solar eclipse, along a path of totality arcing from Texas through Maine, or partial paths that included much more of the country.
According to the Associated Press, fifteen U.S. states get a chance to see the full eclipse, although just a small bit of Tennessee and Michigan are included. The length of totality varies by location.
The moon’s shadow that falls on Earth follows along a path that is 115 miles wide. Practically everyone in North America will have a chance at catching at least a partial eclipse. The farther from the path of totality, the smaller the moon’s bite will be out of the sun.
“We’re seeing an astronomical event that can be observed for almost the entire continental United States,” Exploratorium staffer Ken Finn told The Standard late Monday morning. “On either side of that path of totality, you’re going to have 90% coverage of the sun by the moon.”
In the Bay Area, coverage of the sun peaked around 35%: “That’s a moment to take note, and be curious and learn more.”
Karen Roberts watches the solar eclipse with dozens of others at the Exploratorium on Monday | Source: Justin Katigbak/The Standard
Barbara Liu, wearing a Dalmatian mask, watches the solar eclipse in San Francisco on Monday. | Source: Justin Katigbak/The Standard
Rebecca Horowitz uses a homemade camera to reflect the solar eclipse onto a white piece of paper at the San Francisco Exploratorium on Monday, April 8, 2024. This year’s solar eclipse was only 30% covered compared to the full solar eclipse in the Bay Area on Aug. 21, 2017. | Source: Justin Katigbak/The Standard
The sun is obscured by the moon during a partial solar eclipse from the rooftop of the California Academy of Sciences on Monday. | Source: Jungho Kim for The Standard
Carol Wiebe and Deborah Israel relax while watching the solar eclipse at a viewing party at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley on Monday. | Source: Estefany Gonzalez/The Standard
Playing it safe, Maury Mossman uses a welding helmet to watch the solar eclipse outside the Exploratorium. | Source: Justin Katigbak/The Standard
A museum employee adjusts the focus on a projection of a partial solar eclipse on the rooftop of the California Academy of Sciences. | Source: Jungho Kim for The Standard
Lucia Rhiannon Harrison uses solar eclipse glasses during a viewing party at the Lawrence Hall of Science on Monday. | Source: Estefany Gonzalez/The Standard
Henri Li, 51, of Los Altos, shows off the image of the partial solar eclipse to others on the rooftop of the California Academy of Sciences. | Source: Jungho Kim for The Standard
A pair of safety glasses are taped to the front of a camera lens to aid in photographing the partial solar eclipse on the rooftop of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. | Source: Jungho Kim for The Standard
Maureen Gallatty watches the solar eclipse outside the Exploratorium in San Francisco on Monday. | Source: Justin Katigbak/The Standard
The moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Eagle Pass, Texas, on Monday. | Source: Eric Gay/AP Photo
Couples view the solar eclipse during a mass wedding at the Total Eclipse of the Heart festival on Monday in Russellville, Arkansas. | Source: Mario Tama/Getty Images
Miriam Toy, left, and Oliver Toy share a pair of eclipse glasses that NASA was handing out as they await the eclipse on Monday in Houlton, Maine. | Source: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
The moon eclipses the sun during a total solar eclipse across North America, as seen in Bloomington, Indiana, on Monday. | Source: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) uses eclipse viewing glasses to look up at the partial solar eclipse from his office balcony at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Monday. | Source: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
People look toward the sky at the "Edge at Hudson Yards" observation deck in New York City during a solar eclipse on Monday. | Source: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images
