Across a swath of northern New England, people experienced the changing light and conditions of a rare solar eclipse, and they celebrated in their own ways.
Our journalists in cities, towns and rural places captured the moment.
![The early morning sun breaks over downtown Houlton, Maine, in the totality by day's end.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/37f35e5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffd%2F64%2Fea3b484e49a2ada3ad63a4f349b6%2Fimg-7802.jpg)
Brian Bechard
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Maine Public
![Plymouth State University students & professor on the NASA eclipse ballooning team prepare a weather balloon for launch in Pittsburg, New Hampshire, April 7, 2024.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e453891/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1280+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F61%2F9d%2F891a46e04a0dbf7625a5ca2bf263%2Fimg-4345.jpg)
Zoey Knox
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NHPR
![Traffic backs up on Interstate 89 in South Royalton, Vermont, on Monday morning.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ef90e1d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x3024+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F61%2F6e%2F50ac3700444aad03f802085e453b%2F0408-vermont1.jpg)
Jesse Costa
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WBUR
![Sipayik resident Chris Sockbeson, center, a member of the Passamaquoddy tribe and of the Turning Eagle Drum Group, dances as the group plays in Millinocket, Maine, on Monday, April 8, 2024.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4a05f7c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff6%2Fe5%2Ffb306b344e1cbc7765e33df85a71%2F20240408-solar-eclipse-millinocket-20.jpg)
Raquel C. Zaldívar
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New England News Collaborative
![Viewers, including Tanmoy Sarkar from Maryland, get set up in prime spots on Moosehead Lake in Greenville, Maine.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a07afaf/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbc%2Ffe%2Fe85825a846e4a10ae27eea4593a1%2Fimg-2751.jpg)
Esta Pratt-Kielley
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Maine Public
![Big Nazo, a performance art group from Rhode Island, exhibits their art in Houlton, Maine, on the morning ahead of the eclipse.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6f0d87d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F46%2F39%2F11901a7c49f88346604f5943510f%2Fimg-9372.jpg)
Patty Wight
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Maine Public
![Photographed near 2:30 in the afternoon, the total solar eclipse begins in Burlington, Vermont.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c782e7a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0a%2F36%2Feeee41f64fbdbe74e8ab8a827224%2Fpartial-eclipse-vermont-vermontpublic-mcdonald-20240408.jpg)
Zoe McDonald
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Vermont Public
![Eclipse watchers in Brandon, Vermont, toast its arrival.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0978d93/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F20%2Fd3%2F17a69d324704aab911918921000b%2Fimg-2610.jpg)
Nina Keck
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Vermont Public
![Kids watch the total eclipse sitting on a cannon out in front of the Vermont State Montpelier, Vermont on April 8, 2024.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/88743d2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F41%2F75%2Ffe801fbc4880ab377a5ec12c24ee%2F0408-solar-eclipse04.jpg)
Jesse Costa
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WBUR
![People watch as the total solar eclipse begins in Millinocket, Maine, on Monday, April 8, 2024.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9189f9b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F83%2F1d%2Fa9f22a884a8eacd4927f59777c28%2F20240408-solar-eclipse-millinocket-25.jpg)
Raquel C. Zaldívar
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New England News Collaborative
![The fully eclipsed sun appears over Houlton, Maine. Brian Bechard/Maine Public](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/73cc9c1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1924x1283+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0a%2Fc6%2F18cefb7d48d0bb6f72beb14b5f21%2Fhoulton-me-eclipse-4-8-24.jpg)
Brian Bechard
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Maine Public
![Gibby Gibson, left, from Bangor, and O’Brien Quaid, right, from Hermon, look up at the partial eclipse in Millinocket, Maine, on Monday, April 8, 2024.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ea4e7b5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F39%2F92%2F8b4db2674671a934d7407b1e1bc1%2F20240408-solar-eclipse-millinocket-10.jpg)
Raquel C. Zaldívar
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New England News Collaborative
![Totality on a dock on Moosehead Lake in Greenville, Maine.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ecca434/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F07%2F90%2F4a5371034d038b2114854a510cb9%2Fimg-2952.jpg)
Esta Pratt-Kielley
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Maine Public
![Totality in Saint Albans, VT.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cc646a8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa7%2F5a%2F9bd791594e2a800a15caeecd0ead%2Fimg-6714.jpg)
Katie Miller
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Vermont Public
![Eclipse watchers get a view of the sun from atop Saddleback Mountain in Rangley, Maine.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9a890a6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbc%2F97%2F9a301dfe4e0a8c1be3faf9083bba%2Fimg-7180.jpg)
Ari Snider
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Maine Public
![the "diamond ring" phenomenon at the end of the eclipse over Burlington, Vermont.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e1af14e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa1%2Fe9%2F1e79f4e043fcb1abec5bfb33e436%2Fdiamond-ring-eclipse-burlington-vermontpublic-zmcdonald-20240408.jpg)
Zoe McDonald
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Vermont Public
![Jane Kuntzman, from Brooklyn, New York is a senior at University of Vermont. She watched the eclipse from the lake at Leddy Beach. She was with her dad Gersh Kuntzman and his fiancé, Angela Stach, who traveled from New York City by train.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/54e9851/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb8%2F66%2F4f8c0a9a4b45b25f444f4d2fe332%2Fjane-kuntzman-brooklyn-new-york-leddy-beach-eclipse-vermontpublic-krupp-0408.jpg)
Lexi Krupp
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Vermont Public
![An estimated 200,000 people visited Vermont for the eclipse, with the Statehouse in Montpelier being a destination for some.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0ef7ff9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2250+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F72%2F4d%2Ff102cea24074bb64ba4103183505%2Fimg-6077.jpg)
Bob Kinzel
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Vermont Public
Note: We're updating this post as more images come in from across the region.