Total Solar Eclipse 2024 has finally come to an end. Millions of people watched the spectacular event in Mexico, Canada and the United States.
The total solar eclipse swept across North America, turning day into night as the moon blocked out the sun.
Parts of Mexico, the United States, and Canada watched this celestial event. People gathered in large numbers to witness this rare event.
In Mexico, the city of Mazatlán on the Pacific Coast was the first to experience the full eclipse, which lasted about 4 minutes. People in Torreón were thrilled to take photos and host visitors from around the world.
Over in Texas, despite the cloudy weather in Kerrville, people cheered when the sky cleared up, revealing the spectacular view. At the Dallas Zoo, the animals reacted too - flamingos huddled in the middle of their pond, and penguins clustered together. In Fredericksburg, the hot and humid day quickly turned chilly.
In Arkansas, the town of Russellville hosted a mass wedding ceremony. Hundreds of couples said their vows just before the eclipse. When the eclipse happened, there were tears, hugs, kisses, and a quiet sense of awe.
Ohio had several large events, including one at the Great Lakes Science Center and NASA's Glenn Visitor Center. There special devices in some gathering to allow people with visual impairments to experience the eclipse.
Finally, in Vermont, a couple got engaged on live TV in Stowe. The crowd clapped for the couple and expressed delight while viewing the eclipse.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined fellow Canadians watching the marvellous celestial spectacle of the Total Solar Eclipse.
He came out of his office in Ottawa, Ontario to view the eclipse. It was a 90% partial solar eclipse in the province.
The Total Solar Eclipse 2024 has come to a conclusion in Newfoundland, Canada at 3:46pm ET.
However, you can watch a partial solar eclipse in some areas of Canada until 4:47pm ET.
The Total Solar Eclipse has come to an end in the United States after moving across more than a dozen states from Texas to Maine.
It is now for Canadians to witness the celestial spectacle in the path of totality. Portions of Canada’s New Brunswick and Newfoundland provinces will have a few more minutes for the beautiful sight.
New York City will not be seeing a Total Solar Eclipse. However, people are still gathering to see the partial sight, CNN reported.
According to a CNN report, Texas has witnessed a drop in temperature amid Total Solar Eclipse.
Weather station data quoted in the report revealed the temperatures have started to go down by a couple of degrees in different parts close to the southern border of the US.
Estimations are of 10 degrees drop in some areas in the path of totality with less in the partial eclipse areas.
Texas city of Fredericksburg witnesses darkness amid Total Solar Eclipse.
Reports indicate that the Moon is putting its cap on the Sun entering in Total Solar Eclipse which is anticipated to become visible in some cities around the US-Mexico border.
The total eclipse commenced in Eagle Pass at 2:27pm ET and Del Rio at 2:28pm ET, Nasa said
According to Nasa, the solar eclipse is also expected to reach totality in the following cities in Texas:
A celestial object known as Comet12P/Pons-Brooks — famously called Devil Comet — will be visible for those in totality as it appeared last month in the night sky, however, it could not be seen from the naked eye.
“The comet would be located about 25 degrees away from the eclipsed sun,” Dr Paul Chodas, manager of the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, and Davide Farnocchia, navigation engineer, at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said.
According to CNN, "the comet should be fairly easy to find during the total solar eclipse, as well as a number of planets, but the main focus during those 4 minutes should be on the eclipse itself!"
According to reports, people have faced difficulty in viewing Solar Eclipse due to clouds in Texas.
Torreon, Mexico has observed totality.
As humans have been directed to wear particular glasses amid Total Solar Eclipse, according to veterinarians, one does not need to worry about pets.
Dr. Jerry Klein, the chief veterinary officer for the American Kennel Club, was quoted by CNN as saying: "Dogs don’t naturally stare at the sun, so it’s not likely your dog will look up during the eclipse."
A study reported by the outlet study from the 1970s suggested some dogs ignored the eclipse, while seeming scared, and some barked when it was over. It suggested that cats played, and some meowed, but for the most part, they slept.
Sun has been completely blocked in the Mexican city of Mazatlan.
The forecast for Mexico City was a partial eclipse — less than 80% — however, it did not discourage the schools to not getting practical astronomy lessons.
Educational institutions in the city directed children to stay home and spend time with families.
Ancient peoples of Mexico — the Aztecs and Mayas — were famous for their astronomy and predicted the eclipses with whatever knowledge they had, according to BBC.
It is rare and highly extraordinary for Cleveland, Ohio, as the city will experience a total solar eclipse after 2444, 420 years from today.
Nasa astrophysicist from Cleveland Dr Joshua Pepper believed that we are in for a treat, as he is also among the ones who never observed a Total Solar Eclipse.
Pepper told CNN that we are living in a perfect era for solar eclipses, where the earth, sun, and moon can occasionally align to create a total solar eclipse as the moon moves away from the earth at about one centimeter a year.
"In about 600 million years, it is about how long it will take for the moon to gradually move away from the earth," Pepper told the outlet.
"As the moon gradually moves away, it gets smaller and smaller and its apparent size as we look at it. So eventually there will be no total solar eclipses are only be annual or solar eclipses."
As many as 350 couples are set to tie the knot just before the Total Solar Eclipse, according to CNN.
A couple quoted in the report decided to marry each other in 2017 as they have been together for 17 years. But they could not as their mother passed and the ceremony was delayed. Now it is the time for them.
“It's been on the back burner for a while with my mom passing and stuff. I was taking it pretty hard and now that this eclipse, I feel like my mom is, this is my mom telling me do this. It's time. It's ready,” Ashley Smith said.
Smith and Knebel were among 358 couples to get married at the “Elope at the Eclipse” event in Russellville, Arkansas. The ceremony will be concluded just before the part of Earth is plunged into darkness.
The time has come when the solar eclipse will be witnessed across North America, and it will be completely dark for some time for those who are in the path of totality.
If you have not yet picked any glasses to see the solar eclipse, you can make your glasses — a pinhole projector.
What you need is:
Cut a strip of paper equal to the size of the end of the box and start taping from inside.
Then you need to cut two tabs at the top of that box and utilise the aluminum foil to tape up one side.
Punch a tiny hole in the foil opposite the white paper.
The partial eclipse has begun in southern Texas near Eagle Pass — the southern border with Mexico — entering into the US.
The total solar eclipse will start at 2:27pm ET, until 2:32pm ET.
The partial solar eclipse will be starting in Kerrville, Texas in only 4 minutes, at 1:14pm EDT.
According to Nasa, the Earth rotates on its axis eastward, meaning that the Moon and Sun seem like they’re rotating from east to west (for people on Earth).
"The Moon orbits Earth in the same direction as our planet rotates – eastward – but the Moon’s movement along its orbit is small compared to Earth’s daily rotation, making it difficult to notice the Moon’s eastward motion. However, during a solar eclipse, it is easier to observe this motion as the Moon crosses in front of the Sun from west to east."
In anticipation of the Total Solar Eclipse, doors have opened at one park in Mesquite, Texas.
People are filtering in equipped with blankets, food and of course their cameras to capture the big celestial moment.
Up to 3,000 people are expected at the park, according to BBC.
New York City is not on the path of totality, however, the residents will partially see the eclipse just after 2pm Monday.
In the areas where the total eclipse will occur, there are chances of rain, as per the suggestions by the weather experts. These areas include Texas, Oklahoma, southern Arkansas, Ohio, northwestern Pennsylvania, and western New York. Read more here.
Though, Washington state is not in the path of totality of the upcoming Solar Eclipse April 8, the Moon will still be seen covering a portion of the Sun from our perspective.
Blocking some or all of the light cast on the Earth's surface for a brief period of time, a Solar Eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth. Read more here.
On Monday, millions of people in the US will glance up at the sky together, hopefully donning the appropriate safety goggles, to see a unique Total Solar Eclipse.
And though California won't witness the totality phenomena, there's still a lot to see, according to Los Angeles Times. Read more here.
One of the few National Park Service locations that is directly in the eclipse's path of totality is the Amistad National Recreation Area in South Texas. Visitors will also be able to witness the Total Solar Eclipse before the majority of the country due to its proximity to the US-Mexico border.
To guarantee a position, people began to camp out days in advance.
On Monday, April 8, people in North America will be able to see the new moon's silhouette using eclipse glasses.
However, they will only be able to observe the entire eclipse without assistance along a 115-mile-wide path of totality.
This year's Shawwal crescent moon visibility will be affected by the Total Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8.
The National reported that the 30th day of Ramadan, April 9, will be the last day to see the crescent moon.
Astronomers first predicted that the first day of Eid al-Fitr would be April 9. Read more here.
A scientist working for Nasa has said that “animals behave like this [differently] during events like this [eclipse]," ahead of the total solar eclipse, expected on April 8, 2024, The US Sun reported.
The Solar Eclipse, which is set to be held on the day of 8 April, will witness not only the Moon but also the animals showing a great many different dancing tasks.
For instance, Nasa heliophysicist David Cheney, said that the animals develop weird behaviour during total and annular eclipses. Read more here.
Seven years have passed since a Total Solar Eclipse traced a path over the US, but if you thought you'd seen everything in 2017, astronomers are quick to remind us that these celestial events aren't exactly alike.
While this year's eclipse will move in the opposite direction, beginning in Texas and covering more ground, the 2017 eclipse began in Oregon and ended in South Carolina, according to CNN.
More people will be able to see the 2024 eclipse Because the path of totality, or locations where people will witness the moon’s shadow completely covering the sun, will be wider, more people will be able to see the 2024 eclipse.
In order to get some of the best views of today's eclipse, thousands of keen spectators have arrived in the small Maine town of Houlton.
“Already the crowds have exceeded expectations,” says Jane Torres, of the Greater Houlton Chamber of Commerce.
"We really didn't even dare to hope that we would have weather like this, and the sky is blue and the crowds are actually beginning to form and it’s only quarter to six in the morning," she told CNN's This Morning. "This is the biggest thing we've ever seen."
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