Heavy clouds eclipse local viewing

Most of solar phenomenon obscured

Taking a break from a workshop at Georgia Southern's City Campus, Jenny Claybombe, left, and Dephanie del Forn try to catch a glimpse of the solar eclipse through Monday's cloud cover on East Main Street.

W 082117 SOLAR ECLIPSE 01 — Taking a break from a workshop at Georgia Southern's City Campus, Jenny Claybombe, left, and Dephanie del Forn try to catch a glimpse of the solar eclipse through Monday's cloud cover on East Main Street.

A near total solar eclipse passed over Statesboro and Bulloch County Monday afternoon. Unfortunately, thick cloud cover obscured the 97-percent pinnacle of nature's unique show from local eyes. In fact, about an hour after the moon started to cover the sun at 1:15 p.m., clouds made the effects of the eclipse mostly impossible to see.

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