ALLENDALE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 8, 2024) – Although it wasn’t as total as it was in other parts of the country, the Lakeshore was still in the path a solar eclipse on Monday afternoon.
Grand Valley State University’s physics department hosted a viewing event in front of the school’s Kirkhof Center at the main campus in Allendale, from 1:30 to 3:30 PM. There was a series of informational events to kick off the proceedings, with the scheduled start of the eclipse around 1:55 PM. The department believed that the maximum coverage locally of 93.2% came at 3:11 PM, with the moon moving away from the path of the sun by 4:24 PM. With experts saying that it was not safe to look directly at the sun throughout the event, there were glasses, solar telescopes and a pinhole camera for safely observing the eclipse on hand.
Former Holland First Ward Councilman/Mayor Pro Tem Mike Trethewey, now in retirement in Texas, was in the path of the full eclipse and graciously provided these photos from his home.
An Apr. 8, 2024 view of the total solar eclipse. (photo courtesy Mike Trethewey)
An Apr. 8, 2024 view of the total solar eclipse. (photo courtesy Mike Trethewey)
An Apr. 8, 2024 view of the total solar eclipse. (photo courtesy Mike Trethewey)
We thank him for his contribution.
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