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The moon blocks out the sun as it passes between the star and Earth, causing a total solar eclipse and plunging southern Argentina and Chile into darkness, amid cheers and applause from scientists and observers gathered in Argentina's Neuquen province. IMAGES
Despite cloudy skies, thousands of people flock to Niagara Falls in Canada to witness a rare total solar eclipse. IMAGES
Images of the solar eclipse from the International Space Station (ISS), with the Moon's shadow passing over Earth. IMAGES
Hundreds of Mexicans gather outside the National Autonomous University of Mexico in the capital to watch a rare total solar eclipse. The "path of totality," where the Moon completely obscures the Sun's light, will streak across Mexico and the United States, before returning to the ocean over Canada's Atlantic coast, in a celestial spectacle witnessed by tens of millions of people. IMAGES
Hundreds gather on the Edge Observation Deck in Manhattan, New York, to watch the partial solar eclipse. IMAGES