Solar Eclipse From Maryland Science Center: WATCH

BALTIMORE, MD - Marylanders turned their heads - outfitted with special glasses and in some cases, cereal boxes - to view a partial eclipse Monday afternoon. About 80 percent of the sun was covered before 3 p.m.

The total eclipse viewing corridor stretched across 14 states, according to NASA. The first sighting in the U.S. was Lincoln Beach, Oregon, at 12:05 p.m. EST, and the last was in Charleston, South Carolina, at 4:05 p.m.

Thousands of people turned out for the event at the Maryland Science Center, which hosted groups of 300 people at a time for educational viewing on the roof.

There were 2,773 total attendees at the science center in Baltimore on Monday, according to spokesman Dan Wiznitzer.

See the live coverage from Baltimore Patch.

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Photos by Elizabeth Janney.