Eclipse graced county skies

Leelanau County residents looked to the skies on Monday for the near total solar eclipsed that graced clear peninsula skies.

Over a hundred people ventured out to the Dune Climb in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore to witness the event.

The eclipse started with the moon crossing into the path of the sun at 1:57 p.m., traveling from right to left with the maximum solar coverage of 86.75% occurring at 3:11 p.m.