20170821 - LCJ Ant Eclipse (hrb)

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Addison Gjelsten, 12, of Antioch uses special glasses to see the solar eclipse during the Solar Eclipse Viewing in the main parking lot at the Antioch Public Library District.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Addison Gjelsten, 12, and Kathryn Brenner, 18, both of Antioch use special glasses to see the solar eclipse during the Solar Eclipse Viewing in the main parking lot at the Antioch Public Library District.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Addison Gjelsten, 12, and Kathryn Brenner, 18, both of Antioch use special glasses to see the solar eclipse during the Solar Eclipse Viewing in the main parking lot at the Antioch Public Library District.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Meg Hawgood and her son, Dylan, 9, stand next to Jill Winling and her twins, Regan and Andrew, both 9, all of Lake Villa as they try to see the solar eclipse during the Solar Eclipse Viewing in the main parking lot at the Antioch Public Library District. The children's glasses were made with hoods so no light could come in for better viewing.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Regan Winling, 9, of Lake Villa shows off the special glasses she used to see the solar eclipse during the Solar Eclipse Viewing at the Antioch Public Library District. She had an additional hood to shield out all of the light.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Sandra Simon, of Antioch sits in the trunk of her Kia Sorento while she looks for the solar eclipse during the Solar Eclipse Viewing in the main parking lot at the Antioch Public Library District. Simon was at the viewing with her daughter, Kira, 5.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Carol Patterson, with young adult services for the library, watches Kaylee Hibbeln, 10, of Antioch use a handmade solar eclipse viewer during the Solar Eclipse Viewing in the main parking lot at the Antioch Public Library District.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Betsy Curnes, of Antioch shows the special glasses she was using to see the solar eclipse during the Solar Eclipse Viewing at the Antioch Public Library District.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Betsy Curnes, of Antioch looks up to see the solar eclipse with special glasses during the Solar Eclipse Viewing at the Antioch Public Library District.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Shane Belcher, 9, of Lake Villa uses a eclipse viewing box to see the solar eclipse during the Solar Eclipse Viewing at the Antioch Public Library District. Shane was at the viewing with his grandmother, Sue Magnus, of Bartlett. Shane also wants to be an astronaut when he grows up.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Becky Jacobson, public relations, looks in a handmade eclipse viewer made by the staff of the library during the Solar Eclipse Viewing at the Antioch Public Library District.