Eclipse Party Causes 'Gridlock' In Ridgefield: Report

RIDGEFIELD, CT — The incoming solar eclipse is causing serious traffic on Main Street due to "watch parties" at Ballard Park, reports the Ridgefield Press. The line to get into the park has wrapped around onto Gilbert Street.

All of North America will be treated toan eclipse of the sun today, with some parts of the country even experiencing the truly rare sight of a total solar eclipse where the moon will completely cover the sun. As a result, the sun's tenuous atmosphere (or corona) will be visible from Lincoln Beach, Oregon, to Charleston, South Carolina.

Total solar eclipses occur about once every 18 months and are visible from at least some place on the Earth’s surface, however it would take a millennium for every geographic location in the continental U.S. to see the phenomenon, according to NASA.

Observers in Connecticut, however, will only experience a partial solar eclipse as the moon covers part of the sun's disk. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

Read more from the Ridgefield Press here.