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Photos: Watching the Eclipse in Silver Lake

Around the neighborhood, folks were doing their best to view the solar event safely. Some were also taking photos. Share yours.

but it sure brought people together, with planned and spontaneous viewing events around Southern California Sunday.

Locally Griffith Park Observatory was top of the line for planned viewing.

But check out the above photo uploaded to our "Pics and Clips" gallery by Silver Lake resident Ronald van Ammers.

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It shows one example of some homespun gazing in the hills above the Reservoir.

We'll bet you all have pictures of many others.

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Long ago, before science explained such events, eclipses were unsettling occurrences to people who viewed them.

Today, it's a time for a party.

Share: Did you snap a photo of the eclipse--or local eclipse viewing? Upload your photos to the gallery.


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