NIAGARA FALLS, April 9 — Throngs of skywatchers across North America gazed upward at a blackened sun in the midday dusk yesterday, celebrating with cheers, music and matrimony...
Students watch a partial solar eclipse at Benjamin Franklin Elementary Magnet School in Glendale, California April 8, 2024. — Reuters picNIAGARA FALLS, April 9 — Throngs of skywatchers across North America gazed upward at a blackened sun in the midday dusk yesterday, celebrating with cheers, music and matrimony the first total solar eclipse to darken the continent in seven years.
As the skies began to brighten again, a band played out the retreating lunar shadow with a rendition the R.E.M.’s 1992 hit song “Man on the Moon. “Oh my God!” some said, as the air cooled and automatic outdoor lights on a nearby building flicked on, fooled by the darkness. Lourdes Corro, 43, said she travelled 10 hours by car to reach Mazatlan, Mexico, for an event widely considered one of nature’s greatest wonders.
At up to 4 minutes and 28 seconds, Monday’s total eclipse surpassed the duration of the 2017 event, which lasted upwards of 2 minutes and 42 seconds. According to Nasa, solar eclipse totalities can range from 10 seconds to about 7-1/2 minutes.
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