‘Spectacular’: Millions gather to watch solar eclipse

University of Moncton Astronomy Professor Francis LeBlanc has described the “spectacular” moment when the moon passes between the sun and earth. At least five million people travelled to watch the total solar eclipse across North America. Mr Leblanc labelled the celestial event as “spectacular”. “It was like looking at a whole in the universe, just pitch black and we saw the corona come out,” he told Sky News Australia. “It was my second solar eclipse that that I have seen, and this one was above anything I have seen before.”