‘Oh my God, it’s amazing’: Best pictures and videos from the solar eclipse

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A total solar eclipse is plunging the skies along a swathe of North America into darkness.

The moon will completely block out the sun for more than four minutes in some places along a path starting in Mexico and crossing through the United States and into Canada.

Millions are hoping for clouds to clear as they eagerly wait for the phenomenon to reach their location.

Almost everyone on the continent is guaranteed to see at least a partial eclipse – weather permitting.

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Total eclipse begins as millions of stargazers wait to be plunged into darkness

A total solar eclipse is seen from Mazatlan in  Mexico
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A total solar eclipse is seen from Mazatlan in Mexico
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People dance next to models of the earth, sun and moon at Saluki Stadium in Illinois.
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People dance next to models of the earth, sun and moon at Saluki Stadium in Illinois.
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Tawhid Rana  hold his daughter Thia, as she views the sun  at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Tawhid Rana holds his daughter Thia, as she views the sun at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Pic: AP

A Rainbow forms over Niagara Falls as people wait for a solar eclipse .
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A rainbow forms over Niagara Falls as people wait for a solar eclipse. Pic: Reuters

Clouds pass in front of the sun in Eagle Pass.
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Clouds pass in front of the sun in Eagle Pass.
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Ximena 7 and Magdalena Govea 11 wait at the Saluki Stadium in Illinois.
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Ximena 7 and Magdalena Govea 11 wait at the Saluki Stadium in Illinois.
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People prepare their telescopes in Mazatlan, Mexico to observe a total solar eclipse.
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People prepare their telescopes in Mazatlan, Mexico.
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People  prepare their telescopes as people gather and wait to observe a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico.
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Some of the 309 people gathered to break the Guinness World Record for the largest group of people dressed as the sun in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
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Some of the 309 people gathered to break the Guinness World Record for the largest group of people dressed as the sun in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
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Passengers wear solar eclipse glasses as they get ready to board a plane en route to Detroit, Michigan
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Passengers wear solar eclipse glasses as they get ready to board a plane en route to Detroit, Michigan.
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People stand next to bubbles as they assemble to view a total solar eclipse in Eagle Pass, Texas.
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People stand next to bubbles as they assemble to view a total solar eclipse in Eagle Pass, Texas.
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People gather on the observation deck of Edge at Hudson Yards before a partial solar eclipse in New York.
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The observation deck of Edge at Hudson Yards in New York.
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Fabian Rodriguez in Eagle Pass, Texas
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Fabian Rodriguez in Eagle Pass, Texas.
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Tourists sit by the Horseshoe Falls ahead of the Solar Eclipse.
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Tourists sit by the Horseshoe Falls ahead of the Solar Eclipse. Pic: Reuters

Map showing when the eclipse will happen across the United States
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Path of the eclipse (UK timings)

Tamra Sylvester poses with a person dressed as a NASA astronaut during a total eclipse viewing event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway .
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Tamra Sylvester poses with a person dressed as a NASA astronaut during a total eclipse viewing event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Special protective glasses placed for people to observe the solar eclipse, in Torreon. Mexico.
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Special protective glasses placed for people to observe the solar eclipse, in Torreon. Mexico.
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Amateur astronomers prepare to watch a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico.
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Amateur astronomers prepare to watch a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico.
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A map showing parts of the UK that will be able to see a partial eclipse
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A map showing parts of the UK that will be able to see a partial eclipse

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