2024 - [EN IMAGES] Quebec gathered to watch the eclipse

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

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