Total solar eclipse in pictures: Photos of celestial spectacle as North America’s skies go dark
Images show the Moon blocking out the Sun in a rare event that won’t be seen again for decades
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Your support makes all the difference.People have gathered across North America to take in a total solar eclipse.
Birds started chirping, the sky went dark and the air went cold as the Moon blocked out the Sun.
Such an event won’t be seen again in the region until 2044, meaning that some people travelled across the world to take it in.
But others captured it on cameras to ensure that the world can remember what some have called the Great North American Eclipse.
Images show it appearing over Mexico, before arriving in the US at Texas and then moving to the north eastern corner of the country, and on into Canada.
In Mexico, where the eclipse arrived in the Americas, the sun could be seen peeking out from behind the Moon.
When the moment of totality arrived, some pictures were able to show the sun’s corona reaching out from behind the Moon. Usually, that corona is hidden by the brightness of the rest of the Sun.
The monuments of Washington, DC – and the gloomy clouds that appeared over the city – made for some particularly dramatic pictures of the eclipse.
Since it arrived in the middle of the day, the eclipse interrupted normal activities – including baseball games.
The eclipse was commemorated by events staged to celebrate its arrival. That included Nasa displays – and dogs.
Some event marked the day by getting married. In Russellville, Arkansas, more than 200 couples tied the knot at a mass wedding at the Total Eclipse of the Heart festival.
All around the world, people took to viewing parties to watch as the eclipse arrived.
Even The Independent’s New York team stepped out of the office to take in the sight.
And in Providence, Rhode Island, another member of the extended Independent family – Céleste Early-Mahiet, niece of eclipse live blogger Anthony Cuthbertson – watched the event in fitting headgear.
The eclipse began around lunchtime on Monday afternoon.
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