Historic Solar Eclipse Draws Hundreds to Riverside Park in Port Jervis

Historic Solar Eclipse Draws Hundreds to Riverside Park in Port Jervis
Randall Wright (wearing a white jacket) and his students at Riverside Park in Port Jervis, N.Y., on April 8, 2024. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times
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Hundreds of residents in the Port Jervis area came to witness a historic solar eclipse at a public viewing event at Riverside Park on April 8.

Despite uncooperative clouds, most viewers got a glimpse of the sun when the moon covered nine-tenths of it—the maximum eclipse observable in the area.