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World > Americas & EMEA
Total solar eclipse leaves North America spellbound
By Agence France-Presse
Apr 10, 2024 12:03 am

NIAGARA FALLS, United States: Eclipse mania gripped North America on Monday as a breathtaking celestial spectacle captivated tens of millions of people, offering a rare blend of scientific interest, commercial opportunity and daytime partying.

The moon's shadow plunged the Pacific coast of Mexico into total darkness at 11:07 a.m. (local time), then swept across the United States at supersonic speed, returning to the ocean over Canada's Atlantic coast just under an hour-and-a-half after landfall.

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