26 photos that show the rare astronomical event in all of its glory
On Monday, droves of people donned protective eyewear and headed outdoors to catch a glimpse of the total solar eclipse.
In the United States, the sun was fully covered across 15 states along the “path of totality.” For 49 states, a partial eclipse was visible. The partial eclipse began near Mazatlán, Mexico at 12:51 p.m. ET and crossed the U.S. at 1:27 p.m. local time. The partial eclipse ends in Caribou, Maine at 4:40 p.m. ET.
This event marked the last opportunity to catch a total solar eclipse in the continentalU.S. for approximately 20 years.
These are some photos of the total solar eclipse in all of its glory.
Yurem Rodriquez watches as the moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, April 8, 2024. (Eric Gay/AP)
People use their cell phones as the sky darkens during a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, Monday, April 8, 2024. (Fernando Llano/AP)
The diamond ring effect is seen as the moon eclipses the sun on April 8, 2024 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
Tawhid Rana, of Midland, Mich., hold his daughter Thia, as she views the sun through a telescope at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Monday, April 8, 2024. (Michael Conroy/AP)
Amerika Garcia uses a pair of protective lenses to look at the sun during a total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024 in Piedras Negras, Mexico. (Sergio Flores for Yahoo News)
Joe and Ric Solis use special glasses as they prepare to watch a total solar eclipse in Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, April 8, 2024. (Eric Gay/AP)
Clouds part as a partial eclipse of the sun and moon cross atop the New Sweden Evangelical Lutheran Church steeple Monday, April 8, 2024, in Manor, Texas. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)
A kid watches the eclipse from the beach on April 08, 2024 in Mazatlan, Mexico. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
A total solar eclipse is seen from Mazatlan, Mexico April 8, 2024. (Henry Romero/Reuters)
People use special protective glasses to observe a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico April 8, 2024. (Henry Romero/Reuters)
A person uses two sets of glasses to see the eclipse on April 08, 2024 in Mazatlan, Mexico. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
People gather under overcast skies ahead of a total solar eclipse in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Monday, April 8, 2024. (Matt Rourke/AP)
Some of the 309 people gathered to break the Guinness World Record for the largest group of people dressed as the sun pose while boarding a sightseeing boat, before the total solar eclipse in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada April 8, 2024. (Kyaw Soe Oo/Reuters)
Adrian Plaza, 9, of Queens, tests his eclipse glasses ahead of a partial solar eclipse, where the moon will partially blot out the sun, at New York Hall of Science in Queens borough, New York City on April 8, 2024. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)
Glasses to see the eclipse in the Bosque Urbano. Millions of people have flocked to areas across North America that are in the “path of totality” in order to experience a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 in Torreon, Mexico. (Getty Images)
People stand next to bubbles as they assemble to view a total solar eclipse, where the moon will blot out the sun, in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. April 8, 2024. (Christian Monterrosa/Reuters)
People dance next to representations of the earth, sun and moon at Saluki Stadium, ahead of a total solar eclipse, where the moon will blot out the sun, in Carbondale, Illinois on April 8, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
Tourists sleep next to the Horseshoe Falls, ahead of the Solar Eclipse that will take place across parts of the United States and Canada, at Niagara Falls, New York, U.S., April 8, 2024. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
People gather on the observation deck of Edge at Hudson Yards before a partial solar eclipse on April 08, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
People are set up at Niagara Falls State Park ahead of a total solar eclipse across North America, in Niagara Falls, New York, on April 8, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
Junior Espejo looks through eclipse glasses being handed out by NASA on April 08, 2024, in Houlton, Maine. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Members of the media set up at at Niagara Falls State Park ahead of a total solar eclipse across North America, in Niagara Falls, New York, on April 8, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
A family poses for a photo with a large eclipse glasses display in front of the pagoda at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Monday, April 8, 2024. (Michael Conroy/AP)
Judah Terlep, 4, from Blue Mound, Illinois, wears a mask with solar eclipse glasses, ahead of a total solar eclipse, where the moon will blot out the sun, in Carbondale, Illinois on April 8, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
People at Niagara Falls State Park watch Niagara Falls and the rainbow ahead of a solar eclipse to take place later in the day, in New York, U.S., April 8, 2024. (Soren Larson/Reuters)
A man holding a solar eclipse tshirt poses for a photo at Niagara Falls State Park ahead of a total solar eclipse across North America on April 8, 2024 in Niagara Falls, Ontario,Canada. (Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)
