Rare Solar Eclipse 2024: Highlights as Surya Grahan Concludes on April 9
Solar Eclipse 2024 Live Updates: Millions of people across parts of Mexico, Canada, and the United States watched the rare total solar eclipse on Monday.
The path of totality, a tiny area where the Moon completely obscures the Sun, crossed across cities and sent the United States into a frenzy.
NASA has shared the captivating live stream on its official broadcast channel on YouTube to witness the solar eclipse. For the first time in nearly a century, the western and northern regions of New York State saw a total eclipse.
The Mexican beachside resort town of Mazatlan was the first major viewing spot in North America. The partial eclipse began in southern Texas near Eagle Pass on the southern border with Mexico, marking the start of the eclipse in the United States.
The total solar eclipse of 2024 was a historic celestial event because it won’t be visible across the contiguous US again until August 2044 and an annular eclipse — which happens when the moon can’t completely block the sun– won’t appear across this part of the world again until 2046.
“A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun. The sky will darken as if it were dawn or dusk,” NASA’s official website stated.
There were hugs, tears and gasping as people watched the Moon fully eclipse the Sun and briefly plunge the world into darkness. About 2,000 people flocked to Ingram in the southern US state of Texas, a small city in the “path of totality” where the solar eclipse could be observed in its entirety.
It was the continent’s biggest eclipse audience ever, with a couple hundred million people living in or near the shadow’s path, plus scores of out-of-towners flocking in. “We are really lucky,” said resident Susan Robertson. “Even with the clouds it is kind of nice because when it clears up it is like wow.”
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