Total Solar Eclipse transforms Mazatlán beaches into dark, rests for 4.5 minutes

As the first total solar eclipse reached its maximum coverage, the beautiful beaches of Mazatlán turned black and dark. The solar eclipse was visible for four and a half minutes in areas of Mexico and North America.

The solar eclipse was seen on Monday and it has graced North America in seven years and made landfall in Mexico. Number of people were gathered to experience the scene and they captured many pics of the view.

The total solar eclipse is seen in between every 11 to 18 months across the world but they don’t often witness by the millions of people. The people of the United States previously experienced this in 2017 and as per information, they won’t see it again until 2045.

The eclipse was seen at various places including Mazatlan, Mexico to Newfoundland and around 15 states of the United States of America, where more than 44 million people reside.

If sources are to be believed, it has been said that some of the population did not witness the direct path, however, they experienced a partial eclipse with a moon transforming into the sun into fiery half-moon. The people were very excited as they headed to state park, and city rooftops to observe the view.

The first glimpse of the totality’s first stop in land was seen in the sparkling beaches of Mazatland, which turned into dark. Afterwards, it was witnessed in the regions of northeast such as Texas and Eagle Pass.

Additionally, the solar eclipse is a natural, reoccurring phenomenon which happens when the moon passes between the earth and the sun. While the moon is passing between the two celestial bodies, it obstructs the light by casting a shadow over the earth. Accordingly, a part of Earth does not get light from the sun

The people across the regions expressed their experience, who witnessed the solar eclipse through their comments on social media (Facebook). Some of the comments read as,

“There is a dark sun the that has never seen before in latin America all cities were seen and all become dark”, quoted one FB user.

While reacting to the news, a person named John Shelnut has shared the space picture of the moon’s shadow. He wrote, “The filming from the International Space Station of the eclipse really was impressive. The filming of the moon’s shadow creeping across the earth from outer space really did look like something from a science fiction movie.”