The full diamond ring effect occurs at 11:42am during totality with the 2017 solar eclipse over the surrounding fields of Thomas Memorial Airport in Glendo, Wyoming on Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)
On Monday, August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse, frequently referred to as the “Great American Eclipse”, was visible within a band across the entire contiguous United States passing from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast. The Gazette was in Casper, Wyoming for the events leading up to the event and Glendo, Wyoming for the eclipse itself.
The full diamond ring effect occurs at 11:42am during totality with the 2017 solar eclipse over the surrounding fields of Thomas Memorial Airport in Glendo, Wyoming on Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)Jacob Martinez,7, right, uses solar glasses to look at the sun before the start of the eclipse as Phebee Padilla, 4, center, is helped by her grandfather Glenn Heinz with putting on the glasses as they prepare for the event at the around the surrounding fields at Thomas Memorial Airport in Glendo, Wyoming Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)Eric DeSilva and Charlie Cuellar, back, and Jennifer Cuellar and Alison DeSilva, front, who holds onto her son Alex, 9, look at the sun through their solar glasses as it completes first contact as they have their photo taken by an attendee at the event in the fields surrounding the Thomas Memorial Airport in Glendo, Wyoming on Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette). (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)Melissa Beadle of Seattle, Washington laughs as her best friend Nathan Wendel of Los Angeles, California looks through their homemade solar binoculars that they made for the 2017 eclipse at the fields surrounding the Thomas Memorial Airport in Glendo, Wyoming on Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)People get ready for the eclipse around the Thomas Memorial Airport and surrounding fields in Glendo, Wyoming on Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)Martin Zitgere, of Frankfurt Germany, watches his brother Christian Zitgere, left, performs some acrobatics before the start of the eclipse at the fields surrounding the Thomas Memorial Airport in Glendo, Wyoming Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)Jacob Martinez,7, left, uses solar glasses to look at the sun before the start of the eclipse as Phebee Padilla, 4, center, and Glenn Heinz take part in the preparation around the surrounding fields at the Thomas Memorial Airport in Glendo, Wyoming Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)Pat Dixon, left, shows off his viewing telescope to some friends in the early morning at the surrounding fields at the Thomas Memorial Airport in Glendo, Wyoming on Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)Phil Parr-Durman of Edinburgh, Scotland places his pin on the world map set out for people from all over the country and world to enjoy and show where they are from in downtown Casper, Wyoming on Sunday, August 20, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)Chris Ruegsegger creates a piece of spray paint art of the upcoming eclipse in downtown Casper, Wyoming on Sunday, August 20, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)Rebecca McGee of Houston, Texas gets her eclipse tattoo with a Hindu ‘Ohm’ as part of it by Alessendra Sheppard, a tattoo artist at Sparxworx in downtown Casper, Wyoming on Sunday, August 20, 2017. The eclipse path of totality is to last for a 146 seconds over Casper on Monday. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)Twilight tours brings eclipse fans into the venue in the early morning at the surrounding fields around the Thomas Memorial Airport in Glendo, Wyoming Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)People enjoy downtown Casper, Wyoming the day before the eclipse occurs on Sunday, August 20, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)Julia Witze of Berlin, Germany People places her pin on the world map set out for people from all over the country and world to enjoy and show where they are from in downtown Casper, Wyoming on Sunday, August 20, 2017. Witze said that the nine hour plane ride wasn’t so bad and that she had a host family in Casper. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)People get ready for the eclipse around the Thomas Memorial Airport and surrounding fields in Glendo, Wyoming on Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)Melissa Beadle of Seattle, Washington laughs as her best friend Nathan Wendel of Los Angeles, California puts together their homemade solar binoculars that they made for the 2017 eclipse at the fields surrounding the Thomas Memorial Airport in Glendo, Wyoming on Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)A group of eclipse goers continue to enjoy the show following totality in the fields around the Thomas Memorial Airport in Glendo, Wyoming on Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)People get ready for the eclipse around the Thomas Memorial Airport and surrounding fields in Glendo, Wyoming on Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)People relax early in the morning after getting ready for the eclipse at the surrounding fields around the Thomas Memorial Airport in Glendo, Wyoming Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)Sasha Ray, of Denver, and her one-year-old dog Odin, a mix of border collie, lab, and staffie, wait inside their makeshift tent before the start of the eclipse at the surrounding fields at the Thomas Memorial Airport in Glendo, Wyoming on Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)Tristan Richardson, 9, left, and his brothers Parker, 6, center, and Aden, 7, right, look at the world map set out to show where visitors were visiting from in downtown Casper, Wyoming on Sunday, August 20, 2017. The 2017 eclipse will put Casper in totality for 126 seconds on Monday. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)Lisa Gerondale,left, of Denver looks through a viewing telescope at the sun before the eclipse as Shannon Gerondale looks on at the fields surrounding the Thomas Memorial Airport in Glendo, Wyoming on Monday August 21, 2017. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) (DOUGAL BROWNLIE)
