The image of the moon started to move over the sun in Mazatlan, Mexico, first. There was a large crowd at a beachside park when the sky started to get dark and people cheered.
“Happy to be here with family, friends sharing a singular, unrepeatable event that the universe and nature give us,” Luz Elena Aguillón de la O, of Mexico City, told The Associated Press .
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The moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Mazatlan, Mexico, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
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People watch a total solar eclipse as the sky goes dark in Mazatlan, Mexico, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
People watch a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
People use special glasses to watch a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
People use special glasses to watch a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
People watch a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
A man takes photos of a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
People wait to watch a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
Amateur astronomers prepare to watch a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
An amateur astronomer prepares her telescope a day before a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) Torres contributed to this report from Pembroke Park ’s Local 10 News Studio. NASA , ABC News , and The Associated Press contributed.
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