Live Updates: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse In Illinois

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A camera shot of the solar eclipse in Illinois
  • Photo: Uriel Soberanes

Illinois Public Media Newsroom is covering the solar eclipse live, sharing updates and reactions from across the state to capture the excitement of this astronomical event.

Total eclipse captured by photographer Uriel Soberanes Uriel Soberanes

 

Michael E. Matheny, MD, MS, MPH Total eclipse on April 8, 2024 captured by Michael E. Matheny, MD, MS, MPH

Eclipse watchers in Indianapolis on April 8, 2024. (Moss Bresnahan/IPM)

Total eclipse captured by Michael E. Matheny, MD, MS, MPH Michael E. Matheny, MD, MS, MPH

 

Kelly Sopko and Michael Metheny drove in from Nashville, Tennessee to see the solar eclipse at Fort Defiance park, the southernmost point of Illinois at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. (Reginald Hardwick/IPM News)
Thousands gather at Saluki Stadium at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale on April 8, 2024 to see an eclipse. (Jose Zepeda/IPM News)
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Vicki Soltis drove in from Asheville, North Carolina to see the solar eclipse at Fort Defiance park, the southernmost point of Illinois at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. (Reginald Hardwick/IPM News)
Nature photographer Uriel Soberanes drove in from Asheville, North Carolina to see the solar eclipse at Fort Defiance park, the southernmost point of Illinois at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. (Reginald Hardwick/IPM News)
Tyrell Harris of Cairo grills meat to serve to hungry eclipse watchers on April 8, 2024. (Reginald Hardwick/IPM News)
Meat being grilled outdoors in Cairo, Illinois for hungry eclipse watchers on April 8, 2024. (Reginald Hardwick/IPM News)
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