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Total eclipse 2024: Totality in Austin
Watch the moment the skies turned dark for eclipse-watchers in Austin, Texas.
The most anticipated celestial event of 2024 has arrived.
Millions of spectators along a narrow corridor in the United States eagerly awaited Monday's total eclipse of the sun.
The show got underway in the Pacific shortly before noon ET with totality to sweep North America over the next few hours.
Sky watchers across the country captured magnificent photos of the rare event.
The diamond ring effect as well as Bailey's Beads are seen as the moon eclipses the sun on April 8, 2024 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images) Moments before eclipse totality, seen from Hudson, Ohio. (Chris Boex / FOX photo) A sliver of the sun remains visible seconds before totality, seen from Hudson, Ohio. (Chris Boex / FOX photo) The 2024 solar eclipse at totality, seen from Hudson, Ohio. (Chris Boex / FOX photo) Solar flares visible during totality, seen from Hudson, Ohio. (Chris Boex / FOX photo) The moon begins to eclipse the sun on April 8, 2024 in Fort Worth, Texas. ( Ron Jenkins/Getty Images) The moon begins to eclipse the sun on April 8, 2024 in Fort Worth, Texas. ( Ron Jenkins/Getty Images) Seconds after the end of totality, seen from Hudson, Ohio. (Chris Boex / FOX photo) A man prepares his telescope to see the eclipse on April 08, 2024 in Mazatlan, Mexico. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images) A woman puts on her glasses to see the eclipse on April 08, 2024 in Mazatlan, Mexico. (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images) Early stages of a total solar eclipse shows the moon crossing in front of the sun in Bloomington, Indiana, on April 8, 2024. ( JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images) The moon begins to eclipse the sun on April 8, 2024 in Hermosillo, Mexico. (Norte Photo/Getty Images) The moon eclipses the sun on April 8, 2024 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images) The sun disappears behind the moon during the Great North American Eclipse on April 08, 2024 in Mazatlan, Mexico. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images) The moon fully passes over the sun's horizon during a total solar eclipse on April 08, 2024 in Brady, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) The sun disappears behind the moon during the Great North American Eclipse on April 08, 2024 in Mazatlan, Mexico. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images) The 2024 solar eclipse at totality, seen from Hudson, Ohio. (Chris Boex / FOX photo) Moments before eclipse totality, seen from Hudson, Ohio. (Chris Boex / FOX photo) The Great North American Eclipse is seen using seven interval timer photos to show the full evolution of eclipse on April 08, 2024 in Mazatlan, Mexico. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images) The moon crosses in front of the sun during the Great North American Solar Eclipse on April 08, 2024 in Lake Carmi, Vermont. (Noam Galai/Getty Images) A helicopter flies across the sky during a solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 in New York, New York. (Gotham/Getty Images) When is the next total solar eclipse?
After 2024, NASA says, the next total solar eclipse visible from any point in the contiguous United States will occur in 2044. Totality will only be visible from North Dakota and Montana.
The next total solar eclipse that will travel across the lower 48 states from coast to coast is in 2045.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. This story was reported from Los Angeles.