About 87 percent of the sun’s path was obscured by the moon in the event, which started at about 10:30 a.m.

Pine River Library in Bayfield hosted a party to watch the event, with free viewing glasses, moon pies, and materials to make pinhole viewers.

“This is a big success!” said Shelley Walchak, director at the library. About a hundred people gathered outside to watch the eclipse. A link to NASA’s eclipse coverage was provided inside the library’s community room, but it blipped out periodically, probably because of heavy Internet usage during the event.

The next solar eclipse in North America will take place on April 8, 2024, with the path of totality stretching from Texas across the Midwest to Canada. Colorado residents will be able to see a partial solar eclipse.