Quebecers from across the province gathered outside to watch the total solar eclipse.
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Our photographers went to meet them to immortalize their amazement.
See the pictures.
Montreal
People watch the solar eclipse at the Chalet du Mont-Royal. Montreal, April 8, 2024.
Pierre-Paul Poulin / Le Journal de Montréal / Agence QMI
Aerial view of the eclipse over Montreal on Monday April 8, 2024.
Louis-Dominique Lamarche
Celebrations surrounding the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse at Parc Jean-Drapeau, in Montreal, on Monday, April 8, 2024.
Photo Agence QMI, JOEL LEMAY
MARIO BEAUREGARD/AGENCE QMI
Parc Maisonneuve during the total eclipse of April 8, 2024.
MARIO BEAUREGARD/AGENCE QMI
Total eclipse day at Parc Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec
MARIO BEAUREGARD/AGENCE QMI
Mont-Mégantic
Photo Martin Chevalier
Photo Martin Chevalier
Photo Martin Chevalier
Photo Martin Chevalier
Brossard
Solar eclipse at Quartier DIX30, in Brossard, on Monday, April 8, 2024. In the photo, a man shows recklessness by stopping on the side of Highway 10 to capture images of the eclipse.
MAXIME DELAND / QMI AGENCE
Solar eclipse in Quartier DIX30, in Brossard, on Monday, April 8, 2024. In the photo, people are gathered on the roof of a residential building in the Solar district to observe the eclipse.
MAXIME DELAND/AGENCE QMI
Solar eclipse at Quartier DIX30, in Brossard, on Monday, April 8, 2024. In the photo, four friends are on the Boulevard du Quartier viaduct, above Highway 10, to watch the eclipse.
MAXIME DELAND/AGENCE QMI
Solar eclipse at Quartier DIX30, in Brossard, on Monday, April 8, 2024. In the photo, a young man is impressed while looking with his protective glasses at the Moon which partially hides the Sun.
Photo Agency QMI, MAXIME DELAND
Quebec
The eclipse captured in the Château Frontenac area, in Quebec
Marc Vallières/QMI Agency
A woman observes the eclipse in the Château Frontenac area, in Quebec
Marc Vallières/QMI Agency
A boy photographs the eclipse in the Château Frontenac area, in Quebec
Marc Vallières/QMI Agency
Limoilou CEGEP students observe the eclipse on the roof of the college.
Marcel Tremblay / QMI Agency
Third grade students watch the solar eclipse with their teacher, Mélanie Brûlée.
Daphnee Dion-Viens
Saint-Georges-de-Beauce
René Leclerc / QMI Agency
René Leclerc / QMI Agency
René Leclerc / QMI Agency
René Leclerc / QMI Agency
René Leclerc / QMI Agency