While the South Coast might not have been in the path of a total eclipse for the 2017 solar eclipse, tri-town residents found methods to enjoy the event anyway.

Those residents lucky enough to scoop eclipse glasses got the best view at 2:42 p.m., when the moon obscured roughly 63 percent of the sun. The sliver of sun left looked familiar to children peering through their glasses at Plumb Library in Rochester. "Look! I see the moon!" two-year-old Kent Sandefer exclaimed as he pointed upwards.

Other children at the solar eclipse party tested out homemade methods of making eclipse glasses; some refracted the image of the eclipse through a colander onto a piece of paper, while others attempted a similar method using paper plates or cereal boxes.

Those who missed this year's solar eclipse don't have too long to wait - the next North American solar eclipse will occur in 2024. The path of totality is expected to travel from Texas to Maine and through Canada; areas in the path of totality include northern and western New York as well as northern Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.