Total solar eclipse over Mexico, US and Canada – in pictures

Reuben Odi April 10, 2024

People look up at the eclipse in Mazatlán, Mexico, on 8 April 2024. Photograph: Henry Romero/Reuters

The moon blocks the sun along a path that cuts across several countries. If you missed the total solar eclipse just wait … until 2044.

^{A total solar eclipse is seen from Mazatlán, Mexico, on 8 April 2024.}
^{Photograph: Henry Romero/Reuters}

^{Passengers sit in a plane to take off in a special Delta Airlines eclipse flight in Austin, Texas.
Photograph: Leonardo Benassatto/Reuters}

^{Chris Belkosky shows the setup of his Dobsonian telescope before the start of a total solar eclipse, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.}
^{Photograph: Justin Tang/AP.}

^{Sun spots during the beginning phase of a total solar eclipse in Arlington, Texas.
Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP}

^{A man holds eclipse viewing glasses over his phone to take a picture of the eclipse in Mazátlan, Mexico.
Photograph: Fernando Llano/AP}

^{People gather at Saluki Stadium, ahead of a total solar eclipse, in Carbondale, Illinois.
Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters}

^{Two girls lay down in Carbondale, Illinois, ahead of the total solar eclipse.
Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters}

^{A partial solar eclipse moves across the sky near the crown of the Statue of Liberty in New York.
Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images}

^{The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel Lopez Obradór, observes a solar eclipse moments before totality in Mazatlán.
Photograph: Rashide Frias/AFP/Getty Images}

^{Clouds roll by during the beginning phase of a total solar eclipse in Arlington, Texas.
Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP}

^{Senate pages look at the eclipse in Washington DC.
Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP}

^{A child dressed as an astronaut waits to observe the eclipse in Torreón, Mexico.
Photograph: Daniel Becerril/Reuters}

^{An eclipse viewer in Mazatlán, Mexico.
Photograph: Fernando Llano/AP}

^{A person holds a plate to view the eclipse in Eagle Pass, Texas.
Photograph: Christian Monterrosa/Reuters}

^{Pittsburgh Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen views the solar eclipse before a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Photograph: Gene J Puskar/AP}

^{The moon passes in front of the sun in Toronto, Canada.
Photograph: Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP}

^{People look at the eclipse through welding helmets in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Photograph: Ulises Ruiz/AFP/Getty Images}

^{People dance next to representations of the Earth, sun and moon at Saluki Stadium ahead of the eclipse in Carbondale, Illinois.
Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters}

^{People look towards the sun as darkness falls during the totality phase in Ontario, Canada.
Photograph: Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP}

^{A passenger looks at the eclipse from a plane.
Photograph: Leonardo Benassatto/Reuters}

^{The eclipse over Montreal, Canada.
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images}