Millions across North America got to experience a total solar eclipse Monday afternoon. This will be the last solar eclipse that will be visible from the United States until 2044.
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People watch as the moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, April 8, 2024.
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The moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, April 8, 2024.
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Couples view the solar eclipse during totality at a mass wedding at the Total Eclipse of the Heart festival on April 8, 2024 in Russellville, Arkansas.
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Augustus Krach, 6, looks to the sky wearing glasses before the Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024 in Niagara Falls, New York.
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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.
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Laura Holden poses for a photo wearing eclipse glasses at the Beam as she prepares to watch a partial solar eclipse from the Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center on April 08, 2024 in New York City.
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Brayan Rocchio #4, José Ramírez #11 and J.T. Maguire #84 of the Cleveland Guardians look up at the total solar eclipse before the home opener against the Chicago White Sox at Progressive Field on April 08, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland is in the “path of totality” for today’s total solar eclipse.
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The partial solar eclipse is seen above the Statue of Freedom atop the dome of the U.S. Capitol Building on Capitol Hill on April 8, 2024 in Washington, DC.
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Barbara McLaughlin from Washington, DC, and her granddaughter test out their eclipse viewing glasses by looking towards the sun as they and people gather on the National Mall to view the partial solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 in Washington, DC.
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U.S. Senate Pages use eclipse viewing glasses to look up at the partial solar eclipse from the U.S. Capitol Building on April 08, 2024 in Washington, DC.
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A child watches the eclipse from the beach on April 08, 2024 in Mazatlan, Mexico.
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The diamond ring effect is seen as the moon eclipses the sun on April 8, 2024 in Fort Worth, Texas.
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A woman looks toward the sky at the ‘Edge at Hudson Yards’ observation deck during a total solar eclipse across North America, in New York City on April 8, 2024.
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A White House staffer looks up to the sky as a a total eclipse of the sun arrives at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 8, 2024.
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The sky darkens as people watch during totality of the total solar eclipse across North America, at Niagara Falls State Park in Niagara Falls, New York, on April 8, 2024.
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The moon eclipses the sun during a total solar eclipse across North America, in Bloomington, Indiana, on April 8, 2024. This year’s path of totality is 115 miles (185 kilometers) wide and home to nearly 32 million Americans, with an additional 150 million living less than 200 miles from the strip. The next total solar eclipse that can be seen from a large part of North America won’t come around until 2044.