Sporting safety glasses big enough to fit his enormous head, Pounce points toward the eclipse. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Jean Creighton, director of UWM's Manfred Olson Planetarium, hands out protective eyewear. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Spaights Plaza begins to fill up with one hour to go before the solar eclipse. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
UWM student Jack Koshkin, a member of the planetarium staff, checks out the eclipse with the planetarium's telescope. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Eclipse viewers check out the rare celestial event with the aid of safety glasses. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Pounce checks out the eclipse with UWM students Grace Lyczak and Avery Anderson. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Planetarium staff set up telescopes for visitors to check out the eclipse. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Planetarium director Jean Creighton checks out the solar eclipse through a telescope. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Thousands of visitors filled Spaights Plaza and Pangaea Mall adjacent to the Student Union. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
At the peak of the solar eclipse at 2:08 p.m., the moon covered almost 90% of the sun in Milwaukee. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
A student views the solar eclipse. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
UWM students and visitors take in the solar eclipse just outside Bolton Hall. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
A huge crowd gathered at UWM on Monday for the celestial event of the year.
UWM’s Manfred Olson Planetarium hosted a solar eclipse viewing party in Spaights Plaza and the Student Union. Thousands of people took the free eclipse safety glasses, peering in the sky as the moon crossed in front of the sun. At the peak of the eclipse, almost 90% of the sun was covered.
Visitors lined up for a look at the eclipse through two telescopes that the planetarium provided to get an up-close look. Others enjoyed free food, chalk art, eclipse glasses bedazzling and other activities.
