PHOTOS: Bay Area total solar eclipse 2017

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Bay Area residents watched in wonder through telescopes, cameras, and protective glasses Monday to get a glimpse of the first total solar eclipse to occur in nearly a century.

The solar eclipse is seen in Palo Alto, Calif. on Monday, August 21, 2017.

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