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Photos: Northeast Ohio looks up for a once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse

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Sisters Lauryn Jones, 9, (left) and Mariell Walker, 9, of Rocky River, Ohio, watch the as the total solar eclipse approaches in Cleveland.

Whether they were from here or had traveled across the country for the big celestial show, eclipse viewers in Northeast Ohio shared a common sense of wonderment Monday as the moon charted its path across the face of the sun.

The eclipse's path of totality ran directly though the region, making it a prime location for many, whether they were gathered on a lawn outside the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland or at an outdoor wedding altar at Cascade Locks Park in Akron.

Here's some of what our photographers saw on this once-in-a-lifetime day.

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Indira Poovambur, of North Olmsted, Ohio, attempts to take a photo of the sun via the LCD screen of a camera with a telephoto lens outside the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland.
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Zachary Rigelsky, 10, of Highland Heights, Ohio, lies on the ground outside of the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland ahead of the total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024.
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A person outside the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland holds eclipse glasses over the lens of a smartphone.
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Onlookers outside Progressive Field look up as the moon begins shadowing the sun in Cleveland.
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The day turns into night at Progressive Field as the eclipse totality sets in.
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Onlookers at Progressive Field begin to look up as the moon starts to overtake the sun.
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The totality of the solar eclipse is seen from Avon Lake, Ohio.
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People gathered at Avon Lake Memorial Stadium's football field to watch the eclipse.
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People gathered at Avon Lake Memorial Stadium's football field to watch the eclipse.
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Toni and Ryan Arce, of Cuyahoga Falls, were one of two lucky couples to get married in at Akron's Cascade Locks Park during the solar eclipse. The couples won the opportunity to be married during the eclipse as part of Akron Municipal Court's Out-of-this-World Couple Contest, in which couples had to pen an essay on why they wanted to be married during the eclipse. Toni Arce said she applied to be married today because her new husband, Ryan, and his oldest son love physics and space. She added there is a lot of symbolism from the eclipse as well, like the “ring” around the sun when the moon eclipses it.
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Maria Garcia, of Columbus, Ohio, helps her daughter Helena Muela, 7, fasten her solar eclipse glasses outside the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland.
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Nadim Nakhleh, of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, sets up a camera outside the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland ahead of Monday’s total solar eclipse.
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Tyler Starr, of Girard, Ohio, watches as the total solar eclipse approaches with his daughter Ariana Hollabaugh, 10, outside the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland.
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Lights in Downtown Cleveland buildings can been seen as the city is enveloped in darkness during the eclipse totality.
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People watch from outside the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland as the totality of the solar eclipse approaches.

Ryan Loew is a digital editor for 91.
Ygal Kaufman is a multiple media journalist with 91.
J. Nungesser is a multiple media journalist at 91.