At 2:44 p.m., the 2017 solar eclipse reached its peak in Queens, causing 71 percent of the sun to be covered by the moon.
Naturally, tons of people around Queens took a break from the Monday hustle to get outside and take a look at the eclipse in action.
Many people around Queens took their cameras to the skies to catch a glimpse of the eclipse:
![Photo By Kathy Gournelos](https://qns.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20992684_10101472656252103_4881558100144653416_n.jpg)
![Photo by Eleni Alexandratos](https://qns.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20953642_10156461965708219_1506980929976998816_n.jpg)
Many others in Queens shared their indirect ways of seeing the 2017 eclipse:
Even the staff at The Queens Courier tried out the pinhole method with some paper plates!