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Millions took time out Monday, April 8, 2024 to watch the moon momentarily block the sun from view, from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland.
Here are some of our favourite photos of the phenomenon across the continent and here at home.
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ECLIPSE PHOTOS FROM THE OTTAWA AREA
Families and friends take in the eclipse at Crysler’s Farm outside Cornwall Monday. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia
Families arrive at Crysler’s Farm outside Cornwall Monday to prepare to get a look at the total eclipse. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia
Young Athena Field, 4, made sure her special glasses were plastered to her head for the event. Hundreds of people gathered at the Canadian Museum of Nature to watch the eclipse Monday afternoon. Photo by JULIE OLIVER /Postmedia
Sisters Womar Havor-Nutogo,17 and Elinam Havor-Nutogo, 19, seemed so excited to be witnessing history.Hundreds of people gathered at the Canadian Museum of Nature to watch the eclipse Monday afternoon. Photo by JULIE OLIVER /Postmedia
Many students and staff attended a solar eclipse party at Carleton University in Ottawa. Photo by Jean Levac /Postmedia
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes in the solar eclipse from the roof of the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council building in Ottawa, Monday, April 8, 2024. Photo by Adrian Wyld /THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – April 8, 2024 — Families and friends take in the eclipse at Crysler’s Farm outside Cornwall Monday. TONY CALDWELL, Postmedia. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia
Families and friends take in the eclipse at Crysler’s Farm outside Cornwall Monday. A man takes some photos while it is dark Monday. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia
Decorative lights, street lights and vehicle lights were taking effect for several minutes during the totality stage of the eclipse. Photo on Monday, April 8, 2024, in Cornwall, Ont. Todd Hambleton/Cornwall Standard-Freeholder/Postmedia Network Photo by Todd Hambleton /Todd Hambleton/Standard-Freehold
Families and friends take in the eclipse at Crysler’s Farm outside Cornwall Monday. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia
Many students and staff attended a solar eclipse viewing party at Carleton University. Photo by Jean Levac /Postmedia
Families and friends take in the eclipse at Crysler’s Farm outside Cornwall Monday. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia
READER PHOTOS
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Photos of the April 8, 2024, solar eclipse taken by Ksenia Efremova from Cornwall. Photo by Ksenia Efremova /Submitted
The April 8, 2024, solar eclipse taken by Ksenia Efremova from Cornwall. Photo by Ksenia Efremova /Submitted
A photo of the solar eclipse taken by Krista Jackson near Ingleside, Ont. Photo by Krista Jackson
A photo of the solar eclipse taken by Krista Jackson near Ingleside, Ont. Photo by Krista Jackson
Watching the solar eclipse at Bayshore. Photo submitted by Donald Santiago. Photo by .
ECLIPSE WATCHERS ACROSS CANADA
LEAMINGTON, ONT: APRIL 8, 2024. Two young ladies brave the cold water of Lake Erie while watching the eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024 at the Seacliff Beach in Leamington. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star
Didier Timothy-Mondesir watches the solar eclipse from Prince Edward County, Ont., Monday, April 8, 2024. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press
Ali Xerri and Brianna Tersigni watch the solar eclipse in the field at the Strathcona Paper Centre in Napanee on Monday, April 8. Jillian MacIver/For The Kingston Whig-Standard
MONTREAL, QUE.: April 8, 2024 — Large crowds gather in the Old Port during the solar eclipse, in Montreal, on Monday, April 8, 2024. Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette
People gather to watch the total solar eclipse at Parc Jean Drapeau, in Montreal, Monday, April 8, 2024. Photo by Ryan Remiorz /The Canadian Press
People watch the total solar eclipse at Parc Jean Drapeau, in Montreal, Monday, April 8, 2024. Photo by Dave Sidaway /Dave Sidaway / Montreal Gazette
The total solar eclipse as seen from Brossard on Monday April 8, 2024. The partial eclipse started at 2:14 pm, totality at 3:26 pm and partial eclipse ended at 4:36 pm EDT. Dave Sidaway / Montreal Gazette Photo by Dave Sidaway /Dave Sidaway / Montreal Gazette
A large crowd attended the city-sponsored “Eclipsol” festival at Bore Park in Moncton Monday. PHOTO: ALAN COCHRANE/BRUNSWICK NEWS..
The solar eclipse as seen from Napadogan, deep in rural New Brunswick on Monday afternoon.Photo: Fran Harris Photography/Submitted
Starting at around 3:30 p.m. in New Brunswick and becoming a total eclipse by 4:30 p.m. or so, a small 185-kilometre band of the province will be plunged for about four minutes into total darkness. The moon will pass between the sun and the Earth, briefly blocking out some or all of its light in one of the most stunning celestial events known to mankind.
PHOTOS OF THE ECLIPSE FROM MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES
People use special glasses to watch a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, Monday, April 8, 2024. Photo by Fernando Llano /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A couple wearing protective eyewear and matching eclipse t-shirts smile during a solar eclipse in Austin, Texas on April 8, 2024. This year’s path of totality is 115 miles (185 kilometres) 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. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO /AFP via Getty Images
FORT WORTH, TEXAS – APRIL 8: The moon eclipses the sun on April 8, 2024 in Fort Worth, Texas. 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. During the event, the moon will pass in between the sun and the Earth, appearing to block the sun. Photo by Ron Jenkins /Getty Images
CLEVELAND, OHIO – APRIL 08: (EDITOR’S NOTE: Multiple exposures were used in the creation of this digital composite image) Fans watch the Great North American Eclipse over Progressive Field prior to a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Guardians on April 08, 2024, in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by Jason Miller /Getty Images
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 08: Zion Edwards of Grand Prairie, Texas, looks at the solar eclipse through two pair of mylar filter glasses near the base of the Washington Monument on the National Mall on April 08, 2024 in Washington, DC. People have traveled to areas across North America that are in the “path of totality” in order to experience the eclipse today, with the next total solar eclipse that can be seen from a large part of North America won’t happen until 2044. Photo by Chip Somodevilla /Getty Images
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 08: Photographers capture the solar eclipse near the base of the Washington Monument on the National Mall on April 08, 2024 in Washington, DC. People have traveled to areas across North America that are in the “path of totality” in order to experience the eclipse today. The next total solar eclipse that can be seen from a large part of North America won’t happen until 2044. Photo by Chip Somodevilla /Getty Images
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 08: People watch a partial solar eclipse on the observation deck of Edge at Hudson Yards on April 08, 2024 in New York City. While New York City isn’t in the path of totality, it will see up to 90% of the sun covered by the moon. Around New York and in the path of totality, millions of residents and tourists are preparing for a total solar eclipse. Photo by Spencer Platt /Getty Images
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