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Photos: Total Solar Eclipse Draws Huge Crowds As It Races Across U.S.

Cloud cover obscured the total solar eclipse in parts of the country, but it did not deter large crowds gathering to catch a glimpse.

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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.
The moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ACROSS AMERICA —Pesky cloud cover didn't stop people from trying to catch the peak of Monday's total solar eclipse as it darkened skies from Texas to Maine.

All along the path of totality, which included parts of 15 states, people held viewing parties and donned solar filtered glasses to safely watch as the sun and moon lined up with each other.

States like Texas, Ohio and Illinois were able to get a clear view of the eclipse's totality. While some parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York were obscured by cloudy skies. All states in the continental U.S. saw at least a partial eclipse.

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The next total solar eclipse in the states will not occur until 2044.

See photos below of the celestial phenomenon and the crowds that gathered to see it.

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Jordan Elliott smiles as she watches with solar glasses as the moon starts to cross in front of the sun during a total solar eclipse Monday in Carbondale, Illinois, one of the areas experiencing totality. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Karine Rodriquez, right, sits with her son Yurem, left, and daughter Aranza, center, as the moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Kenny Riehl, of Solon, Iowa, adjusts a telescope while looking at the sun before a total solar eclipse in Trenton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Clouds part as a partial eclipse of the sun and moon cross atop the New Sweden Evangelical Lutheran Church steeple in Texas. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Mike Porter uses a telescope to get a look at the sun, in Carbondale, Illinois. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
A patron looks up at the sun during an solar eclipse during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club , in Augusta, Georgia. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Solar glasses sit on a table to be used in Carbondale, Illinois. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse as seen from Wooster, Ohio. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Clouds cover the sky prior to a total solar eclipse in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
People wait in anticipation for the eclipse to arrive in Hoboken, New Jersey. (Caren Lissner/Patch)
Restaurant workers in the Flatiron district of Manhattan take a break to view the eclipse. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Members of the Cincinnati Reds use special glasses as they watch the solar eclipse before a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster)
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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