Photos: Princeton area residents celebrate the solar eclipse of 2024

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Princeton Charter School students experience the solar eclipse together on Palmer Square Monday. Photo by Christoph Heuck.
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More than 1,000 people went to Palmer Square to experience the solar eclipse together. Photo by Christoph Heuck.
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The solar eclipse celebration on Palmer Square. Photo by Christoph Heuck.
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The Princeton Charter School community headed to Palmer Square to enjoy the solar eclipse. Photo by Christoph Heuck.
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The view from Princeton. Photo by Peter Thompson.
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Framed by clouds. The view of the eclipse from Princeton. Photo by Peter Thompson.
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This Princeton pooch was prepared. Photo courtesy of Mic Boekelmann.
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The view from Snowden Lane. Photo courtesy of Mic Boekelmann.
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Viewing in style. Photo courtesy of Mic Boekelmann.
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Photo by Shazah Sabuhi from Princeton Montessori School, taken through the filter of eclipse viewing glasses.
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The view from the hill at Highland Cemetery off Greenwood Avenue in Hopewell. (l-r) Dan Zampini, Michele Zampini, Lorraine Seabrook, Jack Seabrook.
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The solar eclipse of 2024. Photo by Mathew Edwards.
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Light and darkness. Photo by Mathew Edwards.
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Aligned. Photo by Mathew Edwards.
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Students at TCNJ view the solar eclipse. Photo by Anthony DePrimo.
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Students gather in front of the Brower Student Center at TCNJ to view the solar eclipse. Photo by Anthony DePrimo.
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Students at TCNJ view the solar eclipse. Photo by Anthony DePrimo.
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A TCNJ student marvels at the solar eclipse. Photo by Anthony DePrimo.
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Enjoying the eclipse. Photo courtesy of Ann Peretzman.
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On the edge of darkness. Photo by Kevin Carroll.
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Glassed and masked at Montgomery Lower Middle School. Photo courtesy of Edye Kamenir.
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Reliving third-grade science. Photo by Jane Borns.
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Eclipse through the clouds. Photo by Lisa Boulanger.
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The view from Palmer Square. Photo by Mary Simon.
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Look up. Photo by Mary Simon.
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PREX sky gazers. Photo by Amanda Myers.
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View from a window in Lawrenceville. Photo by Sadaf Munawar.
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Looking up at Princeton Theological Seminary. Photo by Shaina Rose Ciaccio.
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Eclipse view from Lake Carnegie. Veronica Olivares-Weber.
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Double vision. Photo by Sheryl Rubin.
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Eclipse amongst the clouds. Photo by Carey Gates.
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The view from West Windsor. Photo courtesy of the West Windsor Arts Center.
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Through a glass darkly. Photo by Jen Moore Davis.
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Mr. Brightside. Photo by Nika G Tagieva.
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Palmer Square sky. Photo by Sheryl Rubin.
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On the corner. Photo by Jo Butler.
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Eclipse from Princeton. Photo by Jennifer Giblin.
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Eclipse viewer or storm trooper? Photo by Cynthia Clausen.
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Through a colander. Photo by Dan Roberts.

Also check out this time-lapse video of the eclipse created by Princeton resident Andrew Koontz.

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One Comment

  1. The photos are fun. So glad so many people looked upward. BUT, the video is special.

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