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NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A once-in-a-century total solar eclipse spanned the continental United States on Monday, creating a 70-mile-wide (112-kilometer-wide) path of totality stretching from Oregon in the Pacific Northwest to South Carolina on the East Coast.


The U.S. mainland hasn't seen a total solar eclipse since 1979, when it swept a handful of northwestern states. The country's last total solar eclipse stretching from coast to coast took place in 1918.


It was the most-observed eclipse in American history, with millions of people staking out viewing spots to watch Dallas Cowboys Color Rush Jerseys , especially along the path of totality across the country.


Sean Nealon, a spokesman of the Oregon State University, which was the first university in the country in the path of totality, said an estimated 5,000 people attended the viewing party in the university and hundreds more watched at other locations throughout campus.


Hours before spectators began to gather at Student Legacy Park, six atmospheric balloons were launched from Peavy Field on the campus Randy Gregory Jersey , as part of a NASA endeavor, known as the Eclipse Ballooning Project, to about 100,000 feet, or 30,500 meters Rico Gathers Jersey , above the Earth and capture images of the eclipse.


Star-gazers in Southern California turned their eyes to the sky, with hopes of experiencing the total solar eclipse, even though the state was treated only to a partial blocking of the sun by the moon and saw only about 62 percent of the sun obscured.


Crowds gathered at viewing parties across the state, most notably at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, but also at the city parks and science facilities.


""I am really interested in seeing this. It's pretty cool. But I thought it would be darker