Monday's total solar eclipse left millions awestruck across North America, heads craned to the sky for a celestial spectacle the likes of which won't be seen again in the U.S. for decades.

These photos capture the haunting beauty of the event that dazzled all ages and brought strangers together in a shared sense of wonder.

The first city on the continent to enter — and later achieve — totality was Mazatlán, Mexico.

Onlookers, urged to protect their eyes with special glasses designed to block out harmful radiation, looked to the sky.

From there, the spectacle continued along its 115-mile-wide path of totality into the U.S., starting with Texas.

Some sky-watchers shouted in excitement, while others watched in silent awe as the moon blotted out the sun, bringing on darkness at midday.

The phenomenon continued to sweep its way across the U.S., astonishing throngs who dropped everything to take in the heavenly sight.

In Cleveland, where Major League Baseball's Guardians were getting ready for their home opener against the Chicago White Sox, players, fans and even mascot Slider stopped to absorb a very different occasion.

Major cities outside the path of totality, while not getting the full effect of the eclipse, were still treated to stunning sights.

In the nation's capital, darkness descended on the Washington Monument, appearing to turning the white marble obelisk black.

In New York City, also outside the path of totality, even typically jaded New Yorkers took time to observe the occasion.

Crowds packed into a Hudson Yards observation deck, trying to get just a little bit closer to the action above.

Off Manhattan's southern tip, the marvel towered over the Statue of Liberty.

Against an eerily dark sky, a glow from the eclipse rose above Lady Liberty's torch.

Upstate, throngs flocked to Niagara Falls, for once to see something other than the cascades.

Though clouds hampered the view there, mist off the falls still made for a magical view.

Maine marked the last stop for the eclipse in the nation.

The clouds that hung over Niagara weren't an issue in the Pine Tree State, as a perfect totality sent the spectacle out with a bang for the U.S.

North America will next experience totality in 2033, but only in Alaska. More than a decade later, in 2044, totality will return to the contiguous U.S., but only come to parts of Montana and North Dakota.

It won't be until 2045 that the U.S. sees its next major totality, spanning from Northern California across the country to Cape Canaveral, Florida.