Photo: Hayden Roger Celestin
News Americas, BROOKLYN, NY, Tues. Aug. 22, 2017: Brooklyn residents were among several New Yorkers, like President Trump who defied the rules and looked upwards yesterday without eclipse glasses, to grab a photo of the partial eclipse that appeared over New York City.
Some residents of Philip Howard Apt, of Brooklyn, New York were among those defying the rules to capture the moment for posterity. Despite a cloudy view, the eclipse was seen at around 75 percent by many New Yorkers. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina much to the glee and excitement of millions. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of South America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe.
However, only six people witnessed the umbra from space. Viewing the eclipse from orbit were NASA’s Randy Bresnik, Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson, ESA (European Space Agency’s) Paolo Nespoli, and Roscosmos’ Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy. The space station crossed the path of the eclipse three times as it orbited above the continental United States at an altitude of 250 miles.
