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A family catches a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse through the clouds while gathered at Degrees Restaurant at the University of Manitoba viewing party Monday. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press) Aug 21, 2017
A family catches a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse through the clouds while gathered at Degrees Restaurant at the University of Manitoba viewing party Monday. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press) Aug 21, 2017
JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS The moon covers about 70 percent of the sun at 1 p.m. during a partial eclipse for a few quick seconds as clouds broke over Winnipeg.
JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS The moon covers about 70 percent of the sun at 1 p.m. during a partial eclipse for a few quick seconds as clouds broke over Winnipeg.
Ben Bernhardt, 11, catches a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse through the clouds while gathered at Degrees Restaurant at the University of Manitoba viewing party Monday. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
Ben Bernhardt, 11, catches a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse through the clouds while gathered at Degrees Restaurant at the University of Manitoba viewing party Monday. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
A gathering outside the Manitoba Museum get glimpses of the partial eclipse through clouds Monday. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press)
A gathering outside the Manitoba Museum get glimpses of the partial eclipse through clouds Monday. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press)
Tribune Media TNS In-camera multiple exposure of the solar eclipse as seen in Salem, Ore., on Aug. 21, 2017. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Tribune Media TNS In-camera multiple exposure of the solar eclipse as seen in Salem, Ore., on Aug. 21, 2017. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Tribune Media TNS The total eclipse is seen during a solar eclipse shabbat at Ramah Darom on Monday, August 21, 2017, in Clayton, a city in the path of totality in North Georgia. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
Tribune Media TNS The total eclipse is seen during a solar eclipse shabbat at Ramah Darom on Monday, August 21, 2017, in Clayton, a city in the path of totality in North Georgia. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
This group of solar eclipse-gazers at a solar eclipse event at Brandon University came prepared with photographic equipment. From left is Joe Alaric, Charlene Yaworsky, Jill Griesbrecht and son Nick. (Tyler Clarke/The Brandon Sun)
This group of solar eclipse-gazers at a solar eclipse event at Brandon University came prepared with photographic equipment. From left is Joe Alaric, Charlene Yaworsky, Jill Griesbrecht and son Nick. (Tyler Clarke/The Brandon Sun)
Gwenevere Long, 6, takes a peek through a homemade telescope equipped with a welder's mask. (Tyler Clarke/The Brandon Sun)
Gwenevere Long, 6, takes a peek through a homemade telescope equipped with a welder's mask. (Tyler Clarke/The Brandon Sun)
Tegan Dietrich Pulleyblank looks at the solar eclipse during Monday's event at Brandon University as sibling Hayden, left, looks on. (Tyler Clarke/The Brandon Sun)
Tegan Dietrich Pulleyblank looks at the solar eclipse during Monday's event at Brandon University as sibling Hayden, left, looks on. (Tyler Clarke/The Brandon Sun)
Laurence Faraggi takes a look into the telescope at the solar eclipse at Brandon University on Monday. (Tyler Clarke/The Brandon Sun)
Laurence Faraggi takes a look into the telescope at the solar eclipse at Brandon University on Monday. (Tyler Clarke/The Brandon Sun)
CP The International Space Station is seen in silhouette as it transits the sun during a partial solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park, in Washington. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
CP The International Space Station is seen in silhouette as it transits the sun during a partial solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park, in Washington. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
CP Despite warnings from officials not to look at the sun directly without eye protection, President Donald Trump looks at the sun directly without eye protection ¯_(ツ)_/¯. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
CP Despite warnings from officials not to look at the sun directly without eye protection, President Donald Trump looks at the sun directly without eye protection ¯_(ツ)_/¯. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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The partial eclipse is visible for a few moments during a break in the clouds on Monday afternoon. About 70 per cent of the sun was covered by the moon in Winnipeg when the eclipse was at its peak around 1 p.m. (Joe Bryksa / Winnipeg Free Press)

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