Vermont’s solar eclipse 2024
Follow our coverage of the once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse that passed through Vermont on Monday, April 8.
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At Bread and Puppet Theater, participants release their ‘heavy burdens’ during the eclipse
Peter Schumann, co-founder of the radical theater group, led attendees through song, dance and a snowball fight — against cardboard machine guns labeled “freedom” and “democracy” — prior to three minutes of silence during the eclipse itself.
Eclipse’s ‘moment of transition’ spent with family, strangers and in thoughtful solitude
The experience was like watching a “whole day in a half-hour,” one person observed in South Burlington.
FULL COVERAGE: All of VTDigger’s reporting on Vermont’s eclipse day
The human experiences shone most brightly as reporters fanned out across the state during the big event.
Vermont officials estimate 160K people drove to the state for Monday’s eclipse
They came in some 60,000 cars, officials said Wednesday, citing preliminary data. The state also saw a historic number of private airplane landings.
Train strikes vehicles parked too close to the tracks in Barton during eclipse
One woman suffered minor injuries.
Clouds parted elsewhere, but Vermont still got among the best eclipse views
A smattering of high clouds did not obscure the view of totality in the Champlain Valley.
You shared your Vermont solar eclipse stories with us. Here’s what you said.
“We all watched in awe and joy as the sky turned dark and the sun was blocked out,” one reader said.
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