ECLIPSE PHOTOS: The best shots from Ottawa and around the globe

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.

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ECLIPSE PHOTOS FROM THE OTTAWA AREA READER PHOTOS ECLIPSE WATCHERS ACROSS CANADA PHOTOS OF THE ECLIPSE FROM MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES Related

Here are some of our favourite photos of the phenomenon across the continent and here at home.

Did you take some great eclipse-related photos on Monday? Send them to [email protected] and we’ll consider them for publication.

ECLIPSE PHOTOS FROM THE OTTAWA AREA

Families and friends take in the eclipse at Crysler’s Farm outside Cornwall Monday.
Families arrive at Crysler’s Farm outside Cornwall Monday to prepare to get a look at the total eclipse.
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.
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.
Many students and staff attended a solar eclipse party at Carleton University in Ottawa.
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.
OTTAWA – April 8, 2024 — Families and friends take in the eclipse at Crysler’s Farm outside Cornwall Monday. 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
Families and friends take in the eclipse at Crysler’s Farm outside Cornwall Monday.
Many students and staff attended a solar eclipse viewing party at Carleton University.

READER PHOTOS

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Photos of the April 8, 2024, solar eclipse taken by Ksenia Efremova from Cornwall.

A photo of the solar eclipse taken by Krista Jackson near Ingleside, Ont.

Watching the solar eclipse at Bayshore. Photo submitted by Donald Santiago.

A photo of the solar eclipse taken by Catherine Henningham-Puttick in Fort Erie, Ont.

A photo of the solar eclipse taken by Catherine Henningham-Puttick in Fort Erie, Ont.
Photo submitted by Patricia Theoret

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.
Didier Timothy-Mondesir watches the solar eclipse from Prince Edward County, Ont., Monday, April 8, 2024.
MONTREAL, QUE.: April 8, 2024 — Large crowds gather in the Old Port during the solar eclipse, in Montreal, on Monday, April 8, 2024.
People gather to watch the total solar eclipse at Parc Jean Drapeau, in Montreal, Monday, April 8, 2024.
People watch the total solar eclipse at Parc Jean Drapeau, in Montreal, Monday, April 8, 2024.
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
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.

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.
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.

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.
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.