Retired Los Alamos scientist Johnathan Thron utilizes his Astroscan telescope to view this morning’s solar eclipse from his vantage point on the lawn at Overlook Park in White Rock. He recalled as a young boy seeing an Astroscan telescope in the Edmund Scientific Company catalog and how cool he thought it was. He purchased this one about five years ago at an estate sale. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Johnathan Thron, left, and Duncan MacArthur view this morning’s solar eclipse from Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

From left, Duncan MacArthur, Nancy MacArthur and Johnathan Thron view this morning’s solar eclipse from Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Johnathan Thron this morning at Overlook Park viewing the solar eclipse. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

An older model Astroscan telescope from Edmund Scientific Company is used to view this morning’s solar eclipse at Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Zoë Coronado, left, of White Rock and her friend Marquita Sena of Pojoaque relax in the glow of the solar eclipse this morning at Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com