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That was so cool! Eclipse photos from Seattle

KUOW | By Isolde Raftery,

Published August 21, 2017 at 12:18 PM AKDT

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KUOW staff gathered on the garage roof to watch the eclipse. From left, Matt Albertson, Marcie Sillman, Elizabeth Hovance, Carol Smith, Ruby de Luna, Joshua McNichols.

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The moon covers the sun during a total eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, near Redmond, Oregon.

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The eclipse reflected off trees in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. Do you see the crescents in the shadows?

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The solar eclipse reflected off trees onto the sidewalk in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. See the crescents in the shadows?

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The eclipse seen through solar glasses from the University District.

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KUOW producer Amina Al-Sadi, left, and editor Jeannie Yandel, look through their eclipse glasses on Monday morning. Amina, who produced many of our eclipse segments, had been looking forward to this moment.

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John Sullivan, who oversees IT for KUOW, with his daughter on the KUOW garage roof.

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John Sullivan, who oversees IT support for KUOW, with his daughter on the KUOW garage roof.

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KUOW producer Katherine Banwell watched the eclipse through a pinhole on the roof of the parking garage.

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KUOW's Ross Reynolds watches the solar eclipse from the roof of the KUOW parking garage in the University District.

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Record producer/editor Jason Pagano watches the eclipse from the roof of the KUOW garage.

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From left, Emily Bram, Trent McCormick and Abhi Kelkar watch the solar eclipse on Monday, August 21, 2017, from Gas Works Park in Seattle.

KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer

Rafaelle Del Pesce, 9, looks toward the sun during the solar eclipse on Monday, August 21, 2017, at the Pacific Science Center on 2nd Ave., in Seattle.

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Rafaelle Del Pesce, 9, looks toward the sun during the solar eclipse on Monday at the Pacific Science Center on 2nd Avenue in Seattle.

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Stanley Liu, 6, looks toward the sun during the solar eclipse on Monday, August 21, 2017, at the Pacific Science Center on 2nd Ave., in Seattle.

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A crowd looks toward the sun during the solar eclipse on Monday, August 21, 2017, at Gas Works Park in Seattle.

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Ayush Jakhotia, 7, left, watches the solar eclipse with his grandmother, Radha Jakhotia, right, on Monday, August 21, 2017, from Gas Works Park, in Seattle. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer

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Ayush Jakhotia, 7, left, watches the solar eclipse with his grandmother, Radha Jakhotia, right, on Monday, from Gas Works Park, in Seattle.

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Museum goers test out their eclipse glasses on Monday, August 21, 2017, at the Pacific Science Center before the start of the solar eclipse, in Seattle. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer

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Museum-goers test their eclipse glasses on Monday at the Pacific Science Center before the start of the solar eclipse.

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From left, Wyatt Godwin-Austen, 10, Megan Cordell, and Hunter Godwin-Austen, 8, watch the solar eclipse from Gas Works Park on Monday, August 21, 2017, in Seattle. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer

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From left, Wyatt Godwin-Austen, 10, Megan Cordell, and Hunter Godwin-Austen, 8, watch the solar eclipse on Monday from Gas Works Park in Seattle.

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Museum goers test out their eclipse glasses on Monday, August 21, 2017, at the Pacific Science Center before the start of the solar eclipse, in Seattle.

KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer

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A crowd of people gathered at Gas Works Park on Monday, August 21, 2017, to watch the solar eclipse in Seattle.

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From left, Helen Le, Cadin Le, 10, Anastasia Wilcox, 12, Lesia Wilcox, and Anna Wilcox, 7, look toward the sun during the solar eclipse on Monday, August 21, 2017, at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle.

KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer

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A crowd looks toward the sun during the solar eclipse on Monday, August 21, 2017, at Gas Works Park in Seattle.

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Simon, a yellow lab, wears a pair of "Doggles," on Monday, August 21, 2017, at Gas Works Park during the solar eclipse in Seattle.

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Even the cynical couldn't resist the eclipse on Monday morning.

The temperature dropped precipitously here in Seattle, and the light turned the colors rich and dark — like an Instagram filter IRL.

Ninety-two percent of the sun here was eclipsed by the moon and it was, to quote the dozens of people gathered on the KUOW garage roof, "SO COOL."

Swipe through the slideshow above to see photos.