‘Phenomenon on the Lawn’ — Willamette celebrates the eclipse

by Marketing & Communications,

Crowds pack the North Lawn and Quad to view the total solar eclipse.

  • Total solar eclipse at Willamette University
  • Total solar eclipse at Willamette University
  • Total solar eclipse at Willamette University
  • Total solar eclipse at Willamette University
  • Total solar eclipse at Willamette University
  • Total solar eclipse at Willamette University
  • Total solar eclipse at Willamette University
  • Total solar eclipse at Willamette University
  • Total solar eclipse at Willamette University
  • Total solar eclipse at Willamette University
  • Total solar eclipse at Willamette University
  • Total solar eclipse at Willamette University
  • Total solar eclipse at Willamette University
  • Total solar eclipse at Willamette University
  • Total solar eclipse at Willamette University
  • Total solar eclipse at Willamette University
  • Total solar eclipse at Willamette University

After a weekend of eclipse-themed events, hundreds of scientists joined about 2,000 visitors at Willamette University for the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse.

PBS NOVA, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, CNN, The Weather Channel, NPR and OPB covered the university’s viewing party.

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Photo credit: Thank you, Kendrick Arakaki, Kaneko area coordinator, for the incredible photo of the total solar eclipse and the sun’s corona.

Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, passes through the path of totality during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017.

The crowd goes wild as the moment of totality arrives at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, during the total solar eclipse Aug. 21, 2017.

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