Photo by James Short.
The Philadelphia region will get a view of a solar eclipse this afternoon, with the path of totality occurring across a portion of western Pennsylvania.
Viewers in Montgomery County will be able to view 90% coverage as the moon traverses between the sun and the Earth, with the eclipse beginning at 2:08 p.m. and peaking at 3:23 p.m. At the peak, viewers in the area will see the moon obscuring most of the sun, with only 10% visible on the left side.
The eclipse will then conclude at 4:35 p.m.
Wissahickon Now photographer James Short will be livestreaming the eclipse, which can be viewed below.
For those who want to view the eclipse in person, viewers should wear !SO safety glasses and avoid looking directly at the sun without protection. The weather across the Philadelphia region during the eclipse will have temperatures in the mid-60s with partly to mostly cloudy skies.
