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08/21/2017 17:32 EDT | Updated 08/22/2017 10:54 EDT

The Most Awe-Inspiring Photos Of The 2017 Solar Eclipse In Canada

A total solar eclipse happens about once every 18 months.

The solar eclipse at it maximum as viewed in Toronto on Aug. 21, 2017.
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The solar eclipse at it maximum as viewed in Toronto on Aug. 21, 2017.

Once every 18 months or so, as the Earth, moon, and sun perform a cosmic ballet, something spectacular happens. The moon passes directly in front of the sun, and from certain places on Earth, day becomes night.

This is a total solar eclipse. Though they happen quite regularly, they are only visible from any given location about once every 375 years.

Canadians got to glimpse a partial eclipse on Monday, while much of the United States was treated to the aforementioned total solar eclipse.

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The moon covers the sun during a partial solar eclipse in Victoria on Aug. 21, 2017.

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Lens flare creates ghost images in this view of a partial solar eclipse from the Spark Science Centre in Calgary, on Aug. 21, 2017.

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A set of binoculars is used backwards to project the moon passing in front of the sun onto a piece of paper during a partial solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017 in Chelsea, Que.

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The moon covers the sun during a partial solar eclipse in Victoria on Aug. 21, 2017.

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A partial solar eclipse is seen from North Vancouver, B.C. on Aug. 21, 2017.

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The Aug. 21, 2017 partial solar eclipse at it maximum as viewed in Toronto.

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A steaming pot shows the partial solar eclipse in its shadows in Toronto on Aug. 21, 2017.

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The sun was 70 per cent covered by the moon at peak eclipse hour when seen from the city of Toronto on Aug. 21, 2017.

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