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GALLERY: Thousands take in solar eclipse in Carbondale, Illinois

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Southern Illinois University students help SIU associate professor Antonio Martinez paint a mural on Monday at Saluki Stadium. The group aimed to finish their mural during totality.
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A Southern Illinois University student paints a mural on Monday at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois. An instructor told ABC 17 News that the group was aiming to finish the mural as darkness encompassed Carbondale during Monday’s total solar eclipse.
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Southern Illinois University’s theater and dance department prepares to perform with SIU spirit team at Saluki Stadium before Monday’s total solar eclipse.
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Bob Francis, 81, stands on Monday at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois, as the “Star Spangled Banner” plays. Francis traveled to Carbondale from St. Paul, Minnesota, to view Monday’s total solar eclipse.
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Southern Illinois University’s Theater and Dance department performs a solar-eclipse-themed style show to kick off the celebration held Monday at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.
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The Southern Illinois spirit team commands energizes the crowd that gathered Monday at Saluki Stadium as a countdown to the eclipse has finally started.
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Staley Da Bear, the mascot for the Chicago Bears, made an appearance Monday at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale for the total solar eclipse.
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Maddie Deiters, 17, shows off her art skills while dedicating her mural to the solar eclipse and those who came out to view the solar eclipse.
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Maddie Deiters, 17, shows off her art skills while dedicating her mural to the solar eclipse and those who came out to view the solar eclipse.
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Staley Da Bear, the mascot for the Chicago Bears, catches some rays Monday at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.
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Southern Illinois University’s very own Mr. Saluki is prepared for totality and gives a thumbs up while promoting eclipse safety.
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Dakota Bell drove 11 hours just to show off his NASA eclipse shirt he made with his girlfriend for Monday’s total solar eclipse.
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Jordan Elliott, right, droves four fours to connect with her boyfriend, Jospeh Bernard, left, while taking photgrapgs of the eclipse with her special ISO 12312-2 lens.
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Ms. Saluki hypes up the crowd at Saluki Stadium on Monday about 10 minutes before the eclipse began.
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Southern Illinois University sophomores Nigea, Bri, Dillon, Tae and Waldo all join in a group photo with friends, while attending Monday’s solar eclipse celebration at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale.
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Renee Autero, 59, of Lindenhurst, Illinois, said the five-hour drive was worth it in order to see her fourth solar eclipse.
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The crowd at Saluki Stadium on Monday looks up in amazement as totality was only four minutes away.
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Southern Illinois University physics students on Monday look over footage from eclipse, while working on extra credit for their classes.
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker talks to the media about the significance of a second total solar eclipse passing through Illinois in the past seven years. Carbondale, Illinois, was in the path of totality for 2017’s total solar eclipse.
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Published 3:03 PM

CARBONDALE, Ill. (KMIZ)

We have more scenes to share from the gathering at Southern Illinois University on Monday for the total solar eclipse.

Thousands of people gathered at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois, with many traveling hundreds of miles for the event.

View the photo gallery above to see more. View more scenes from Carbondale, Illinois, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Columbia and Jefferson City here.

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