Total solar eclipse comes to 15 states (26 images)

By Wade Sheridan

People in at least 15 U.S. states are in the path of a total solar eclipse on Monday, the first to occur in seven years. Americans will next be able to experience total solar eclipses in 2044 and 2045.

The sun's corona and solar flares appear during totality of the eclipse on April 8, 2024, in Indianapolis. Photo by Edwin Locke/UPI

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The diamond ring effect occurs as totality ends over Indianapolis. Photo by Edwin Locke/UPI

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The total solar eclipse is seen from Wylie, Texas. Photo by Ian Halperin/UPI

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A large part of Texas was in the path of totality. Photo by Ian Halperin/UPI

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