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Photos: Solar eclipse draws crowds of viewers in L.A. area

A black circle has white edges against a black background as the moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse.
The total solar eclipse on Monday in Bee Cave, Texas.
(Andrew Gombert/Los Angeles Times)
By Brian van der Brug
, Kelvin Kuo, Al Seib and Andrew Gombert

Millions of people across the U.S. looked up at the sky to witness a rare total solar eclipse Monday. California won’t experience totality, but there’s still plenty to see.

Jesus Perez sits on the grass with others in solar eclipse glasses looking up.
Jesus Perez, center, watches the solar eclipse at Griffith Observatory on Monday in Los Angeles.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
A woman in eclipse glasses looks up and puts her hand to her face.
Lydia Monroy, 87, experienced for the first time seeing an eclipse with safety glasses at the California Science Center on Monday. Southern California was far from the “path of totality’’ in which the sun was completely blocked out in other parts of the country.
(Al Seib/For The Times)
A photo composite of the sun as part of it increasingly becomes blocked by the moon against a black background.
A photo composite as the solar eclipse transitions to maximal moon blockage on Monday in Long Beach.
(Kelvin Kuo/Los Angeles Times)
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Duke Brobby watches the solar eclipse outside Griffith Observatory.
Duke Brobby watches the solar eclipse outside Griffith Observatory on Monday in Los Angeles.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
Corgi "Indy" is set to join solar eclipse watchers at Griffith Observatory.
A visitor casts a shadow of the solar eclipse with a paper with holes poked in it at Griffith Observatory.
Solar eclipse watchers at Griffith Observatory.

Solar eclipse watchers at Griffith Observatory. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

USC students take a selfie as part of the crowd that gathered at the California Science Center wearing protective eye-wear.
USC students Sunwoo Heo, left, Taara Bhojwani and Hannah Chu were part of the crowd that gathered at the California Science Center wearing protective eyewear and staring skyward to view a partial solar eclipse on Monday.
(Al Seib/For The Times)
Solar eclipse watchers cast crescent-shaped shadows of the eclipse on a sidewalk.
Solar eclipse watchers cast crescent-shaped shadows of the eclipse at Griffith Observatory on Monday in Los Angeles.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
Students in protective eyewear were part of the crowd that gathered at the California Science Center to look up at the sky.
Noah Caro, left, Mason Areke and Lexi Thorpe, from Pearblossom Elementary in Littlerock, Calif., were part of the crowd that gathered at the California Science Center wearing protective eyewear and staring skyward to view a partial solar eclipse on Monday.
(Al Seib/For The Times)

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Brian van der Brug

Brian van der Brug was a staff photojournalist at the Los Angeles Times from 1997 to 2025.

Kelvin Kuo

Kelvin Kuo is a Sports photo editor at the Los Angeles Times. He finds a passion in inspiring people through photography.

Al Seib

Al Seib was a photographer and videographer for the Los Angeles Times from 1984 to 2022. His photos have won numerous awards from national and international photographer associations. Seib’s work has helped win four Pulitzer Prizes for breaking news reporting awarded to The Times’ staff: the Los Angeles riots in 1993, the Northridge earthquake in 1995, the Southern California wildfires in 2004 and the San Bernardino shootings in 2016.

Andrew Gombert

Andrew Gombert is a deputy photo editor at the Los Angeles Times.

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