On Monday at 3:20 p.m., the Kodak Tower, Eastman Business Park, the George Eastman Museum, and the rest of the Rochester metropolitan area in New York went dark for three and a half minutes.
As with most occurrences that qualify as an event these days — from the Super Bowl to a birthday party — making still and moving images of this eclipse was an inextricable part of the experience. Cameras — especially the kinds that can also make phone calls — were everywhere as viewing parties got underway.
