Many people came early to get a good seat on the Hayden Lantern and watch the eclipse from the beginning, as thousands of students, staff and members of the community gathered on the Hayden Lawn to witness the partial solar eclipse on Monday. The School of Earth and Space Exploration supplied many pairs of safe-viewing glasses.  

Spectators of all kinds turn out at Hayden Lawn for the eclipse-viewing party. 

The School of Earth and Space Exploration set up a couple of telescopes for people to observe the sun as the moon passed between it and the Earth on Monday.

Joshua Rose, a sophomore in business, is doing the first assignment of his astronomy class: observing the solar eclipse and drawing pictures of it every 15 minutes. We're not sure what he's listening to, but we'd like to think it's something from our suggested playlist.

Hayden Lawn fills with students, faculty and community members gathering to watch the solar eclipse. ISTB4 hosted even more eclipse viewers, with live NASA coverage.

Six-year-old Fisher McPhearson and his mother, Kristine McPhearson, of north Phoenix, work on a home-schooling project at Hayden Lawn.

Hongyu Li (left) and her friend Jingyang Guo join the crowds on the Tempe campus watching the solar eclipse. Guo, a second-year graduate student in computer science, used a mylar-type film on his lens as he took pictures. 

Freshman biomedical sciences major Blanca Moreno points at the sky after trying on eclipse glasses provided by the School of Earth and Space Exploration. 

Jonathan Koppell, dean of the College of Public Service and Community Solutions, joins students to watch the eclipse on Hayden Lawn.

Students try a variety of cameras to capture the eclipse.

Postdoctoral scholar Kohei Kamada leisurely observes the moon's path in front of the sun Monday on Hayden Lawn.