Photo Gallery: Eclipse offers solar spectacle for locals along Natchez bluff
Published 2:07 pm Saturday, October 14, 2023
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Saturday’s solar eclipse offered a rare spectacle for some local residents who came to the Mississippi River for a look. Here are pictures of residents catching a glimpse of the solar event:
- The solar eclipse viewed through a solar filter. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
- Kurt Vitense uses a solar filter to see the solar eclipse at its apex along the Natchez bluff. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
- Crescent-shaped shadows form the trees fall on the sidewalk along the Natchez bluff. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
- Fran Ater uses a specialized lens to view the solar eclipse from the Natchez bluff Saturday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
- Fran Ater uses a specialized lens to view the solar eclipse from the Natchez bluff Saturday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
- Kurt Vitense brought his telescope fitted with a solar filter to the parking lot at the bluff Saturday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
- Kurt Vitense uses a solar filter to see the solar eclipse at its apex along the Natchez bluff. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
- Fran Ater uses a specialized lens to view the solar eclipse from the Natchez bluff Saturday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)