Clouds kept many in Lawrence from seeing the solar eclipse, but events at local schools and the University of Kansas went on as scheduled. Submit your own photos at ljworld.com/eclipse.

photo by: Nick Krug

Clouds cover the sky as students at Sunflower Elementary wait for a peek at the solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

photo by: Nick Krug

Sunflower Elementary second-graders, outfitted with eclipse glasses, stare up from the blacktop in anticipation of the solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at the school.

photo by: Nick Krug

Sunflower Elementary second-grader Max Davenport searches for a break in the clouds in hopes of seeing the solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at the school.

photo by: Nick Krug

Sunflower Elementary second-grader Rylee Muths, front, stares up from the blacktop at a cloudy sky while waiting for a peek at the solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 at the school.

photo by: Nick Krug

Clouds cover the sky as Sunflower Elementary third-graders wait for a break in the clouds in hopes of seeing the solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at the school.

photo by: Nick Krug

Sunflower Elementary third-grader Adrick Webb and other students put on their protective glasses in preparation for the solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at the school.

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Sarah Omar draws her prediction of how the eclipse will look during the Eclipse at KU event, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at Shenk Sports Complex.

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Leo Zhu attempts to observe the solar eclipse through a telescope during the Eclipse at KU event, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at Shenk Sports Complex.

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University of Kansas students, from left, Jenny Warren, Lauren Anderson and Katy Winkle attempt to observe the solar eclipse using protective eyewear at the Eclipse at KU event, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at Shenk Sports Complex.

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University of Kansas students Elise Wantling, left, and Sarah Wright take a selfie with their eclipse glasses during the Eclipse at KU event, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at Shenk Sports Complex.

photo by: Ashley Hocking/Lawrence Journal-World

3-year-old Kepler Fassnacht tries to get a look at the solar eclipse through protective eyewear at the Eclipse at KU event, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at Shenk Sports Complex.

photo by: Sara Shepherd

Members of the Lawrence Rotary Club took their regular lunchtime meeting outside on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in hopes of seeing the solar eclipse. The group is pictured near 11th and New Hampshire streets, facing the south, about 30 minutes before the cosmic event.

photo by: Sara Shepherd

The intersection of 11th and Massachusetts streets in Lawrence is pictured at 1:09 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, during the peak of the solar eclipse. Clouds covered the eclipse itself, but the skies got dark enough that drivers turned their headlights on.

photo by: Nick Gerik

A dusk-like quality settles over the cloudy sky above the Kansas River near the North Lawrence bridge as the solar eclipse reaches its peak shortly after 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

photo by: Kim Callahan/Journal-World Photo

Lights came on at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St., shortly after 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, just as the solar eclipse hit its peak.

photo by: Kim Callahan/Journal-World Photo

Downtown Lawrence's streetlights automatically turned on at Seventh and Massachusetts streets around 1 p.m. Monday, just as the solar eclipse was near its peak.

photo by: Tom Pfeiler/Contributed Photo

Residents at Brandon Woods at Alvamar, 1501 Inverness Drive, gather in a parking lot to view the solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Lawrence.

photo by: Lori Stussie/Contributed Photo

Lawrence High School Student Services staff don their eclipse glasses, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Pictured are Lori Stussie, Kris Bradfield, Suzanne Nicolette, Keena Schmidt and Kelsey Buek.

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Staff from Edwards & Wilson Periodontics in Lawrence loaded up and traveled south to find a break in the clouds during the solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

photo by: Travis Colibert/Contributed Photo

Cloudy skies obscured the solar eclipse from Carly Audus and Jessica Barnes at Mid American Credit Union, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

photo by: Kye Evans/Contributed Photo

Kye Evans and company take in the end of the solar eclipse during the only patch of blue sky, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Lawrence.

photo by: Birgitta Reynolds/Contributed Photo

TreanorHL employees prepare for the solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, on the roof of their office at 1040 Vermont St.

photo by: Alice Karakas Neuman/Contributed Photo

Baby Theo instructs pal Finch on the importance of protective solar glasses, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at their home in Lawrence.

photo by: John Lewis/Contributed Photo

John and Cynthia Lewis don their eclipse glasses during a Lawrence Rotary Club meeting outside Maceli's, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

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Bishop Seabury Academy students track the solar eclipse to Hiawatha, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

photo by: Gail Ryan/Contributed Photo

The moon begins to be visible in front of the sun before cloud coverage becomes too thick, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 in North Lawrence.