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Photos: A blue sky day for the wonder of totality in New England

New England News Collaborative | By Mark Mirko / Connecticut Public
Published April 8, 2024 at 3:17 PM EDT
Eclipse glasses sculpture in downtown Houlton, Maine. (Susan Sharon/Maine Public)
Susan Sharon
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Maine Public
Visitors to Houlton Maine, gather around an eclipse glasses sculpture prior to the day's main event.

Across a swath of northern New England, people experienced the changing light and conditions of a rare solar eclipse, and they celebrated in their own ways.

Our journalists in cities, towns and rural places captured the moment.

The early morning sun breaks over downtown Houlton, Maine, in the totality by day's end.
Brian Bechard
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Maine Public
The early morning sun breaks over downtown Houlton, Maine, in the totality by day's end.
Plymouth State University students & professor on the NASA eclipse ballooning team prepare a weather balloon for launch in Pittsburg, New Hampshire, April 7, 2024.
Zoey Knox
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NHPR
Plymouth State University students & professor on the NASA eclipse ballooning team prepare a weather balloon for launch in Pittsburg, New Hampshire, April 7, 2024.
Traffic backs up on Interstate 89 in South Royalton, Vermont, on Monday morning.
Jesse Costa
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WBUR
Traffic backs up on Interstate 89 in South Royalton, Vermont, on Monday morning.
Sipayik resident Chris Sockbeson, center, a member of the Passamaquoddy tribe and of the Turning Eagle Drum Group, dances as the group plays in Millinocket, Maine, on Monday, April 8, 2024.
Raquel C. Zaldívar
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New England News Collaborative
Sipayik resident Chris Sockbeson, center, a member of the Passamaquoddy tribe and of the Turning Eagle Drum Group, dances as the group plays in Millinocket, Maine, on Monday, April 8, 2024.
Viewers, including Tanmoy Sarkar from Maryland, get set up in prime spots on Moosehead Lake in Greenville, Maine.
Esta Pratt-Kielley
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Maine Public
Viewers get set up in prime spots on Moosehead Lake in Greenville, Maine.
Big Nazo, a performance art group from Rhode Island, exhibits their art in Houlton, Maine, on the morning ahead of the eclipse.
Patty Wight
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Maine Public
Big Nazo, a performance art group from Rhode Island, exhibits their art in Houlton, Maine, on the morning ahead of the eclipse.
Photographed near 2:30 in the afternoon, the total solar eclipse begins in Burlington, Vermont.
Zoe McDonald
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Vermont Public
Photographed near 2:30 in the afternoon, the total solar eclipse begins in Burlington, Vermont.
Eclipse watchers in Brandon, Vermont, toast its arrival.
Nina Keck
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Vermont Public
Eclipse watchers in Brandon, Vermont, toast its arrival.
Kids watch the total eclipse sitting on a cannon out in front of the Vermont State Montpelier, Vermont on April 8, 2024.
Jesse Costa
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WBUR
Kids watch the total eclipse begin sitting on a cannon out in front of the Vermont State Montpelier, Vermont on April 8, 2024.
People watch as the total solar eclipse begins in Millinocket, Maine, on Monday, April 8, 2024.
Raquel C. Zaldívar
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New England News Collaborative
People watch as the total solar eclipse begins in Millinocket, Maine, on Monday, April 8, 2024.
The fully eclipsed sun appears over Houlton, Maine. Brian Bechard/Maine Public
Brian Bechard
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Maine Public
The fully eclipsed sun appears over Houlton, Maine.
Gibby Gibson, left, from Bangor, and O’Brien Quaid, right, from Hermon, look up at the partial eclipse in Millinocket, Maine, on Monday, April 8, 2024.
Raquel C. Zaldívar
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New England News Collaborative
Gibby Gibson, left, from Bangor, and O’Brien Quaid, right, from Hermon, look up at the partial eclipse in Millinocket, Maine, on Monday, April 8, 2024.
Totality on a dock on Moosehead Lake in Greenville, Maine.
Esta Pratt-Kielley
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Maine Public
Totality on a dock on Moosehead Lake in Greenville, Maine.
Totality in Saint Albans, VT.
Katie Miller
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Vermont Public
Totality in Saint Albans, VT.
Eclipse watchers get a view of the sun from atop Saddleback Mountain in Rangley, Maine.
Ari Snider
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Maine Public
Eclipse watchers get a view of the sun from atop Saddleback Mountain in Rangley, Maine.
the "diamond ring" phenomenon at the end of the eclipse over Burlington, Vermont.
Zoe McDonald
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Vermont Public
the "diamond ring" phenomenon at the end of the eclipse over Burlington, Vermont.
Jane Kuntzman, from Brooklyn, New York is a senior at University of Vermont. She watched the eclipse from the lake at Leddy Beach. She was with her dad Gersh Kuntzman and his fiancé, Angela Stach, who traveled from New York City by train.
Lexi Krupp
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Vermont Public
Jane Kuntzman, from Brooklyn, New York is a senior at University of Vermont. She watched the eclipse from the lake at Leddy Beach. She was with her dad Gersh Kuntzman and his fiancé, Angela Stach, who traveled from New York City by train.
An estimated 200,000 people visited Vermont for the eclipse, with the Statehouse in Montpelier being a destination for some.
Bob Kinzel
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Vermont Public
Visitors crowd the lawn at the Statehouse in Montpelier, Vt. after totality.

Note: We're updating this post as more images come in from across the region.
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