Total eclipse of the sun party at library

At least 125 people of all ages, attended the Castle Dale Library’s, Total Eclipse of the Sun Party, on August 21.
The Castle Dale Library applied for and received a grant to provide FREE eclipse viewing glasses to the community, in return for a few programs.
The Castle Dale Library presented two STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematic) activities on the two previous Monday’s before the eclipse, those activities included solar print painting and shadow art.
The day of the eclipse the library gave away 100 glasses, and made solar ovens, to cook smores in for everyone.
People found places on the lawn and some drew pictures on the sidewalk.
Shadows on the sidewalk were fun as the eclipse passed over Castle Dale. The shadows got interesting as the eclipse progress, making extra fingers, and leaves in the shadow.
The grant provided over 300 glasses, which the Castle Dale Library provided to other libraries in the community to give to their patrons as well.
If you missed the eclipse, don’t worry there will be another total solar eclipse visible in the United States on April 8, 2024.
Traveling a different path from the 2017 eclipse, the total eclipse will be visible in Mexico, the central United States and east Canada, with a partial eclipse visible across North and Central America.
Although Monday’s eclipse was peaking over two minutes in the path of totality, the 2024 eclipse will have peaks of four and a half minutes.
In the United States, it will be visible in a diagonal path crossing from Texas to Maine, according to NASA.
Cities like Austin, Texas; Dallas; Little Rock, Arkansas; Indianapolis; Toledo, Cleveland and Akron, Ohio; Buffalo and Rochester, New York; Montpelier, Vermont; and Montreal will be directly in the path of totality.