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The solar eclipse over UW-Madison

August 21, 2017 By Jeff Miller

The moon passed in front of the sun Monday for a maximum 85 percent solar eclipse. Here it is as seen from the Library Mall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A total solar eclipse was visible, for the first time in almost 100 years, along a coast-to-coast path across the middle of the United States from Oregon to the Carolinas.