 Clear skies and balmy conditions graced Cambridge Monday afternoon as hundreds gathered in Kingsley Park to witness a partial solar eclipse. A phenomenon best explained by Boston University's astronomy department chair, Paul Withers. The sun, the moon and the earth line up in a perfect straight line with in this instance the moon passing between the sun and the earth. And for people in the right part of earth, at the right time, the moon appears to be passing directly in front of the sun. As one of those right places, the city of Cambridge hosted a total eclipse of the park viewing party where they provided infographics, a telescope projector and live music for all to enjoy. Boston local MBU alumnae, Maddie Cartaz, says that she enjoys the pause a solar eclipse can bring to our busy lives. My connection to the natural world is very important to me and so I think it's really cool to see a large group of people, you know, take off work or skip school and come and sit down in a park to all look at the sky together because something interesting is happening. Talk about a once in a lifetime event. Organizers say Cambridge won't see another partial eclipse until 2044 and won't see a total eclipse until 2079. For VUTV, I'm Sydney Roth.