Hundreds of people gathered at the Griffith Observatory to catch a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse on Monday.
KNX News’ Jon Baird spoke to Thien, who was lying down with her eclipse glasses on, about the eclipse.
“It's the most totality that we'll see, which is, I guess only 55%. So it looks like a little half-moon right now,” she said.
Some other spectators, Ashley and Leah, said it’s crazy that you can only see the eclipse with the special glasses on.
“No one knows how the universe works because I don't know how it's halfway covered and it's still so bright outside,” one spectator said.
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Meanwhile, the spectacle brought dozens to the rooftops of several city buildings in downtown Los Angeles, including LAPD headquarters and the observation deck high atop a city hall.
KNX News' Craig Fiegener was there on the 27th floor of L.A. City Hall, where one viewer told him, while it is an amazing sight, she wonders what it would have been like long ago.
"We live in a world where we can understand what it is. It would have been more interesting, I guess, back in the day when they actually thought it was the end of the world," she said.
The eclipse started at 10:06 a.m., the most significant moment was at 11:12 a.m., and it ended at around 12:22 p.m. in Los Angeles.
There won’t be another partial eclipse until 2029, or another total eclipse for 20 years.
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