Mitch Heydt of Stow, Mass, gets set up with cameras at Whip Willow Farm Scenic Overlook on Monday.
James Knick tests out a drone at Height of Land while his partner Allen Walker of Readfield reads in the back of their truck, with their dogs Cody and Buddy, at Height of Land on Monday morning.
Riley Shible, 11, of Poland looks out over Rangeley Lake on Monday morning while waiting for the eclipse. Riley drove to Rangely with his father to see the eclipse in totality.
Crowds form at Height of Land on Monday morning ahead of the eclipse.
Fred Leadbetter of Poland sets up his scope at Height of Land on Monday morning. Leadbetter bought the scope last summer in preparation for Monday's eclipse and is using it for the first time.
A line for eclipse glasses grows outside Maine Hardware in Portland on Monday.
Brian Sheridan of Memphis, Tenn., far right, sells eclipse glasses as fast as he can while a line grows outside Maine Hardware Monday. The independent reseller ran out this morning, the day of the eclipse.
A mass of eclipse enthusiasts gather at Whip Willow Farm Scenic Overlook on Monday morning.
Rob Martin of Peru digs out a space for his truck at Height of Land on Monday morning in preparation for watching the eclipse.
Mitch Heydt of Stow, Mass., left, and Sachin Sawe of Wayland, Mass., get set up with their cameras at Whip Willow Farm Scenic Overlook on Monday. The two enthusiasts drove up to Maine and arrived at 4:30 a.m.
Vehicles, tripods and people are packed in tightly Monday morning at the Height of Land Scenic Overlook near Rangeley as they wait for the eclipse.
Traffic plugs Main Street in Jackman Monday morning as eclipse watchers walk near the Town office to view the total solar eclipse later in the day.
Scott McDonald of Fort Worth, Texas, talks about photographing the total solar eclipse while setting up his camera Monday morning at the Town Office in Jackman. McDonald said he was going to watch the eclipse in Texas, but poor weather forecasts there prompted him to change his plans and come up to Jackman.
Lawrence Berz of Lee, Maine, uses a kitchen colander to demonstrate safe ways to project the eclipse as PBS photographer Samuel Rowland documents the scene Monday morning at the Town Office in Jackman.
Ania Rathmann-Noonan, 5, walks with her mother A.J. Rathmann-Noonan, left, and grandma Anne Noonan while sharing the road Monday morning with traffic that plugged the street in anticipation of the total solar eclipse in Jackman later in the day. Ania and her mother are from Brooklyn, New York, while Noonan is from Naples, Florida.
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