A rare solar eclipse wows North America
The celestial light show moved on to Canada and ended its dazzling show in Newfoundland in the North Atlantic at 3:46 pm EDT. A partial eclipse could be seen in 48 US states, where the moon made the sun a fiery orange-red color.
Scientists said that an eclipse occurs when the moon moves into direct alignment with the sun and Earth. The shadow it casts on earth creates the eclipse.
Altogether, it took just under 1 hour and 40 minutes for the moon's shadow to cross more than 4,000 miles across the continent.
Weather forecasters had carefully watched looming clouds and potential storms near the eclipse' path to see where visibility would be best. But the clouds mostly cleared at the last minute.
The path of totality was around 115 miles wide and included the major cities of Dallas, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Buffalo, New York and Montreal. More than 32 million people were in the path of totality.
