Steampunk eclipse (Submitted by: Doug Neff)

Solar Eclipse from Chicago, IL. (Submitted by: Maureen Margolis)

People line up in Grant Park to get solar glasses ahead of the eclipse on Aug. 21. ( Al Hilliard / Chicago Tonight)

Friends & brothers watching eclipse at Foster beach. (Submitted by: CS Russell)

Wheeler, Indiana (Submitted by: Carol Parry)

Phil Ponce watches the eclipse. (Alexandra Silets / Chicago Tonight)

Watching the eclipse at the Chicago Botanic Garden (Submitted by: Cathy Costello)

We picked up our glasses from the Winnetka Public Library at 9:00 am (Submitted by: Fraline Allgaier)

Pat Thometz is ready to watch the eclipse in Orland Park. (Submitted by: Nancy Thometz)

Solar glasses display and giveaway at Daley Plaza on Aug. 17. ( Al Hilliard / Chicago Tonight)

Siblings enjoying the eclipse! What a wonderful sight! (Submitted by: Theresa Martinez)

WTTW Chicago Tonight staffers line up for eclipse viewing. (Ava Martin / Chicago Tonight)

WTTW Chicago Tonight staffers take a break to look at the sky. (Alexandra Silets / WTTW)

Backyard viewing in Winthrop Hanrbor (Submitted by: Nann Hilyard)

Walter Payton College Prep Class of 2021 (Submitted by: Paula Pilolla)

Nancy Thometz watches the eclipse in Orland Park. (Submitted by: Pat Thometz)

(Credit: NASA)

Looking at the eclipse the old fashioned way (Submitted by: Robert Richter)

(Jay Shefsky / Chicago Tonight)

Libby is ready to watch the eclipse safely. (Submitted by Venetia King)

Photo taken in Darien, IL. (Submitted by Kelly Evola)

Our kids watching the eclipse in our front yard. Glencoe, Illinois. (Submitted by: Fraline Allgaier)

(Jay Smith / Chicago Tonight)

Total eclipse with orange prominences (Canon T3 through classic Celestron 8" Schmidt Cassegrain) at Belton, SC (Submitted by: Alan Guttman)

A total solar eclipse, which is when the Moon completely covers the Sun, will occur across 14 states in the continental U.S. on Aug 21, 2017. (Credit: NASA)

Took an ecliptic bike ride today, and enjoyed the notable enthusiasm of many. (Submitted by: Debra Arment)

(Jay Shefsky / Chicago Tonight)

Watching the eclipse from a field in Carbondale. (Elizabeth Brackett / Chicago Tonight)

Elora, 9 months old, enjoying her first solar eclipse (Submitted by: Melanie Goldberg)

Viewing with the neighbors in Mt. Prospect (Submitted by: Christine Predick)

(Jay Smith / Chicago Tonight)

Men In Black - St. Patrick Parish, St. Charles (Submitted by: Thomas Rasmussen)

Calumet Welding Center students watching the eclipse. (Submitted by: Renae Alkhovsky)

Photo taken from a high rise rooftop on Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview this afternoon. (Submitted by: John Picken)

Taken from our backyard through clouds, eclipse of 8/21/2017. (Submitted by: Debra Rounds)

Jay Shefsky takes in the views at WTTW (Ava Martin / Chicago Tonight)

When your brothers bury you in 4 foot hole during eclipse. (Submitted by: CS Russell)

Comet, safely watching the eclipse. (Submitted by: Michael Friedman)

(Jay Smith / Chicago Tonight)

Dog looking at eclipse (Submitted by: Jose and Nury)

Lighthouse Beach, Evanston (Submitted by: Ella Nishy)

(Submitted by: Fraline Allgaier)

Solar Eclipse from Chicago, IL. (Submitted by: Maureen Margolis)

Watching at WTTW Channel 11 (Ava Martin / Chicago Tonight)

A friend's patio and puppy dog during the eclipse (Submitted by: lavonne patrick)

Wheeler, Indiana .... then the clouds took over (Submitted by: Carol Parry)

Watching the eclipse in my backyard through a freshly picked garden tomato! In Oak Park, Illinois. (Submitted by: Ann Flood)

At the Chicago Botanic Garden (Submitted by: Cathy Costello)