Solar eclipse through the lenses of Detroit News photographers

The moon slowly moves in front of the sun in this composite image that shows the progression of the eclipse from start to finish as seen from Luna Pier, Michigan, on April 8, 2024.

People react to the total solar eclipse at the Glass Bowl on the campus of the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio, on Apr. 8, 2024.

Walbridge employees enjoy watching the solar eclipse at Campus Martius park in Detroit, Michigan, on April 8, 2024.

The total solar eclipse is shown from Delta Flight 1218 over Missouri, Monday, April 8, 2024. A special solar eclipse flight from Austin, Texas, to Detroit, flew in the path of the total solar eclipse.

Advil Arvavind, 10, of Atlanta views the partial solar eclipse from Delta Flight 1218 over Missouri, Monday, April 8, 2024. The special solar eclipse flight from Austin, Texas, to Detroit, flew in the path of the total solar eclipse.

L-R, Sankar Ghosh, 38, of Farmington, and his son Naitik, 8, Joan Powell, 49, of Garden City, her son Max Powell, 10, (green jacket on) and Phil Powell,40, (standing), views the eclipse from the ERB Family Garden at Cranbrook Institute on April 8, 2024, in Bloomfield Hills, MI.

The sky becomes dark in the middle of the afternoon as sky-gazers, from left, Stasi DePue of Ferndale, Marina 'Delrey' Vazquez, of Detroit and Darya Kudachkina of Royal Oak, view the near-total solar eclipse through protective glasses in Hart Plaza with the Detroit skyline in the background on Monday, April 8, 2024.

Gary Clements of Detroit watches the solar eclipse while wearing protective glasses in Hart Plaza on Monday, April 8, 2024.

A sunset appears on the horizon as hundreds of visitors watch the solar eclipse reach totality at approximately 3:13 p.m. from the beach in Luna Pier, Michigan on Monday, April 8, 2024.

Passengers board Delta flight 1218 to fly along the eclipse path to Detroit, Monday, April 8, 2024.

Evan Seiler of Ann Arbor, 8, views the beginning of the 2024 solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024, from the beach in Luna Pier, Michigan.

Katie Bonjour, 9, of Waterford Township views the sun from the Cranbrook Observatory telescope on the observatory deck at Cranbrook Institute, Monday, April 8, 2024.

Fatemeh Asnaashary of Dearborn holds solar eclipse glasses for her daughter, Zahra, 9, as they watch the solar eclipse at the Glass Bowl on the campus of the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio, on April 8, 2024.

(R-L): Hank Marcath, 15, and Josh Nadley, 17, both of Armada, look at the eclipse through their welding helmets as Robert Jones, 17, of Ray Township, and Chase Penrod, 16, and Zach Bartolone, 15, both of Richmond, watch the eclipse with other employees in the village of Armada, Monday afternoon, April 8, 2024. They are Armada High School students / employees, working at Wyatt Performance.

From left, Daniel Wakeman, 8, with his mom, Vicki Wakeman, and brother Patrick Wakeman, 5, all of Midland, and with a group from St. Brigid Catholic School, watch the solar eclipse at the Glass Bowl on the campus of the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio, on Apr. 8, 2024.

Dr. Adam Boyd, 26, of Richmond, the newest doctor at Main Street Chiropractic in the Village of Armada, watches the eclipse in the alley one block south of East Main Street near Fulton Avenue, Monday afternoon, April 8, 2024.

Carol Scheiber of Toledo reacts to seeing the total solar eclipse at the Glass Bowl on the campus of University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio on Apr. 8, 2024.

This is the 2024 solar eclipse as seen in Martin, Ohio, April 8, 2024.

This is the total eclipse of the sun as seen in Martin, Ohio, on Monday, April 8, 2024.

This is the 2024 solar eclipse as seen in Martin, Ohio, April 8, 2024.

Former astronaut Scott Kelly greets passengers after Delta flights from Austin and Dallas arrived in Detroit, Monday, April 8, 2024.

With cups full of champagne, Michele Rosenblatt, left, of Queens kisses her boyfriend, Neil Albstein, of Manhattan after he proposed to her after viewing the total solar eclipse from Delta Flight 1218 over Missouri, Monday, April 8, 2024.

Jennifer Serrano- Gaul, Atlanta, tries to get a view of the partial solar eclipse from Delta Flight 1218 over Missouri, Monday, April 8, 2024. Serrano-Gaul, an Aviation Maintenance mechanic at Delta, works on the engines on the type of plane chosen for the special solar eclipse flight from Austin, Texas to Detroit, which flew in the path of the total solar eclipse. Andy Morrison, The Detroit News

Detroit goes dark as the moon slowly blocks out the sun for a few minutes during a solar eclipse at Campus Martius Park in Detroit, Michigan on April 8, 2024.

Hundreds of visitors descend upon Luna Pier, Michigan, where the 2024 solar eclipse will be 100% visible, on Monday, April 8, 2024.

Cloud cover rolls in as the solar eclipse, seen with the tower of the Penobscot Building right about at its peak, at Campus Martius park in Detroit, Michigan, on April 8, 2024.

Workers in the Campus Martius park area enjoy the fun as Detroit goes dark during a solar eclipse in Detroit, Michigan, on April 8, 2024.

Sean Wessman gets comfortable as the moon blocks out the sun for a few minutes during a solar eclipse at Campus Martius park in Detroit, Michigan, on April 8, 2024.

Lila Ballout of Dearborn, 10, watches the solar eclipse from the beach in Luna Pier, Michigan on Monday, April 8, 2024.

Workers make their way out of the buildings around Campus Martius as Detroit goes dark during a solar in Detroit, Michigan on April 8, 2024.

Miguel Tovar watches the solar eclipse while wearing their protective glasses in Hart Plaza.

Francesca Cattabiani and her three-year-old son Emilio view the solar eclipse while wearing their protective glasses in Hart Plaza.

A crowd of sky-gazers watch the solar eclipse in Hart Plaza on Monday.

Melissa McCaughin, left, and Kathryn Robertson, both of Detroit, take a selfie together while wearing their protective glasses while hanging out in Hart Plaza to view the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024.

The sky is dark and the partially-eclipsed sun is seen through the gap at the top of “Transcending” the Detroit monument to the labor movement in Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit where people viewed the near-total solar eclipse.

Marie Curtis, left, and her husband, Cris Curtis, of Canton Township, Michigan, watch the total solar eclipse at the Glass Bowl on the campus of University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio, on Apr. 8, 2024.

People gather and watch the total solar eclipse at the Glass Bowl on the campus of University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio on Apr. 8, 2024.

People gather and watch the total solar eclipse at the Glass Bowl on the campus of the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio, on April 8, 2024.

The sky becomes dark in the middle of the afternoon as sky-gazers, from left, Stasi DePue of Ferndale, Marina “Delrey” Vazquez of Detroit and Darya Kudachkina of Royal Oak view the near-total solar eclipse in Hart Plaza.

Ajanta Bhattachaarjee, 41, of Denver watches and takes photos of the total solar eclipse at the Glass Bowl on the campus of the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio, on Apr. 8, 2024. Ajanta flew into Chicago and drove from there to Toledo.

People gather to watch the solar eclipse at the Glass Bowl on the campus of the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio, on Apr. 8, 2024.

People gather to watch the solar eclipse at the Glass Bowl on the campus of the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio, on Apr. 8, 2024.

Carol Scheiber of Toledo reacts to seeing the total solar eclipse at the Glass Bowl on the campus of the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio, on Apr. 8, 2024.

7-yr. old Kai Hysell of Bloomfield Township with the assistance of his mom Shafeena Nurani, 45, views the eclipse from the ERB Family Garden at Cranbrook Institute on April 8, 2024, in Bloomfield Hills, MI.

A large crowd views the eclipse from the ERB Family Garden at Cranbrook Institute on April 8, 2024, in Bloomfield Hills, MI.

(R-L): Armada Bar & Grill (ABG’s) patrons Steve Mager, 69, of Armada Twp., and Dorothy Langegger, 71, of Armada, and ABG’s bartender Beverly Beaverton, 38, of Columbus Twp., watch the eclipse behind the restaurant in the Village of Armada, Monday afternoon, April 8, 2024.

Sawyer Griggs of Imlay City, 11, looks up at the sun through solar glasses while waiting for the beginning of the 2024 eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024, in Luna Pier, Michigan.

Traffic slows to a halt in South Rockwood, Michigan, about 20 miles north of Luna Pier, Michigan, where the 2024 solar eclipse will be 100% visible on Monday, April 8, 2024.

Chris Hysell, 46, of Bloomfield Township, views the eclipse from the ERB Family Garden at Cranbrook Institute on April 8, 2024, in Bloomfield Hills, MI.

Terri Steppe, right, and Jane Lutz, left, pose for a selfie with their solar glasses while waiting for the beginning of the 2024 eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024 in Luna Pier, Michigan.

Jiyeon Lee, 27, of Troy, takes photos of the eclipse with her phone from the ERB Family Garden at Cranbrook Institute on April 8, 2024, in Bloomfield Hills, MI.

Visitors descend upon Luna Pier, Michigan, where the 2024 solar eclipse will be 100% visible, on Monday, April 8, 2024.

Astronomy and physics professor Jillian Bornak, right, talks with international student Ananya Singh, 21, about what she saw through a telescope with a solar filter next to a on the campus of University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio for the total solar eclipse on Apr. 8, 2024.

From left, International student Ananya Singh, 21, looks through a telescope with a solar filter next to astronomy and physics professor Jillian Bornak on the campus of University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio for the total solar eclipse on Apr. 8, 2024.

People gather on Centennial Mall on the campus of University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio for the total solar eclipse on Apr. 8, 2024.

Assistant planetarium director Heidi Westrick, center, looks through a telescope with a solar filter on the campus of University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio for the total solar eclipse on Apr. 8, 2024.

Graduate student Savio Oliveira, 28, of Toledo, looks through a telescope with a solar filter with his girlfriend, Bridget Sherman, of New York, on the campus of University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio for the total solar eclipse on Apr. 8, 2024.

Neil albstein of Manhattan kisses his girlfriend Michele Rosenblatt before bording delta flight, a special solar eclipse flight from Austin, Texas to Detroit, Monday, April 8, 2024. The flight will fly in the path of the total solar eclipse.

Randy covert of Seattle has a coffee while waiting to board flight 1218 to Detroit. Covert, who was with his wife, Maria, grew up in Marshall, Michigan. Delta Flight 1218 is a special solar eclipse flight from Austin, Texas, to Detroit, Monday, April 8, 2024. The flight will fly in the path of the total solar eclipse.

Delta employees Victoria Carr, left, Joshua Rodriguez, Beletie Marsh and Abigail Patchin try on their eclipse glasses before welcoming passengers to Delta Flight 1218, a special solar eclipse flight from Austin, Texas, to Detroit, Monday, April 8, 2024. The flight flew in the path of the total solar eclipse.

Delta employees setup a balloon canopy at Gate 10 at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas, Monday, April 8, 2024, before Delta Flight 1218, a special solar eclipse flight from Austin, Texas, to Detroit, The flight is expected to in the path of the total solar eclipse.

University of Toledo students Elijah Ingram and Mary Braun answer questions about the eclipse, Monday, April 8, 2024.

University of Toledo's Centennial Mall, in the middle of campus. Astronomy students, in yellow, show attendees how to use telescopes, Monday, April 8, 2024.

Elijah Wilson, 4, and his mom Katie Bolus, 37, both of Dearborn Heights, view the sun from the Cranbrook Observatory telescope on the observatory deck at Cranbrook Institute, Monday, April 8, 2024.

Audrina Dorman, 6, left, and her sister Katelyn Dorman, 10, of Troy, view the sun from the ERB Family garden at Cranbrook Institute, Monday, April 8, 2024.

Hundreds of people view the 2024 solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024, from the beach in Luna Pier, Michigan.

Richard Bonyak of West Virginia views the beginning of the 2024 solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024, from the beach in Luna Pier, Michigan.

Visitors descend upon Luna Pier, Michigan, where the 2024 solar eclipse will be 100% visible, on Monday, April 8, 2024.

Visitors descend upon Luna Pier, Michigan, where the 2024 solar eclipse will be 100% visible, on Monday, April 8, 2024.

Comemmorative buttons are sold as visitors descend upon Luna Pier, Michigan, to view the 2024 eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024.

Visitors descend upon Luna Pier, Michigan, where the 2024 solar eclipse will be 100% visible, on Monday, April 8, 2024.

Visitors descend upon Luna Pier, Michigan, where the 2024 solar eclipse will be 100% visible, on Monday, April 8, 2024.

Visitors descend upon Luna Pier, Michigan, where the 2024 solar eclipse will be 100% visible, on Monday, April 8, 2024.

From left, Kathy Neefe of Warren, Aliesa McKnight of Gladwin County and Robert Neefe of Warren wait for the beginning of the 2024 eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024 in Luna Pier, Michigan.

From left, Shantell Witker of Allendale, Nikki Aument of Allendale, and Terri Witt of Grand Rapids wait for the beginning of the 2024 eclipse, while also celebrating Witt's birthday, on Monday, April 8, 2024, in Luna Pier, Michigan.

This is the total eclipse of the sun as seen in Martin, Ohio on Monday, April 8, 2024.

Betty Graham, 84, of Birmingham, views the eclipse from the ERB Family garden at Cranbrook Institute on April 8, 2024, in Bloomfield Hills, MI.