13 photos of Americans awed and overwhelmed by the total eclipse
See the moments when a rare astronomical marvel brought the country together
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Lauren Hansen, Kelly Gonsalves
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A crowd gathers in front of the Hollywood sign at the Griffith Observatory to watch the solar eclipse in Los Angeles on Aug. 21.
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Coreen Abbott watches the solar eclipse from Bernal Heights Hill in San Francisco.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)This rare total solar eclipse was said to be the "most observed and most photographed" in history. Some 200 million people live within a day's drive of its path of totalit)

Depoe Bay, Oregon.
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Guernsey, Wyoming.
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Des Moines, Iowa.
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Nashville, Tennessee.
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The stands at the Southern Illinois University football stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.
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Ivanka Trump, Melania Trump, and President Trump watch the solar eclipse from the Truman Balcony at the White House.
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Downtown Washington, D.C.
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White House staff and members of the White House press corps look at the eclipse at the White House.
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Times Square, New York City.
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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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Kelly Gonsalves is a sex and culture writer exploring love, lust, identity, and feminism. Her work has appeared at Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and more, and she previously worked as an associate editor for The Week. She's obsessed with badass ladies doing badass things, wellness movements, and very bad rom-coms.