The Friedman Observatory at Penn State Wilkes-Barre held a Solar Eclipse Viewing Party on April 8.
Free solar eclipse glasses were given out. The observatory streamed the eclipse from NASA. There were also crafts for children.
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Penn State Wilkes-Barre had two thousand eclipse viewing glasses readied for a big crowd.
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Peyton Hartman, 17, cracks up as his mom talks to him while checking out the total solar eclipse at the Friedman Observatory at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
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Prepared for the crowd and eclipse, Virginia Luke watches as the eclipse peeks through the clouds.
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Joel Colgan and Addisyn, Leonard and Austin Davies watch for the eclipse as the skies turn dark.
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Hannah Buckwash, 4, safely views the solar eclipse as in peeks out of the clouds.
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Some brought their own eclipse glasses to the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Solar Eclipse party.
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For a few brief moments, attendees were in awe and cheered while the eclipse was visible through the clouds.
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Jaiden Skiro laughs at her boyfriend Jacob Oister's reaction to the eclipse.
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Penn State student Sam Oister moves a telescope to see the eclipse.
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The Night Sky App helps locate the phase of the eclipse during cloud cover.
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Penn State Wilkes-Barre shows NASA's view of the eclipse.
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The moon blocks the view of the sun during the eclipse.
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The moon passes in front of the sun during the eclipse.
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Abel McGarrity, 10, shows his sister Harper, 7, how the eclipse works at one of the craft areas at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
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Alex Thackara, 6, and Ariana Atay, 6, make planets at a craft station at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
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Eliana Pimnel 9, helps her friend, Savannah Novak, 4, with a bracelet that is reactive to UV light at a craft area at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
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