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Sky-high emotions as total solar eclipse wows world

Spectators gathered near Exmouth in Western Australia were awed by the total solar eclipse. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Cheers erupted and tears flowed as thousands of sightseers gathered in Western Australia's red dirt to watch a total solar eclipse plunge day into darkness.

The phenomenon fell across the North West Cape in WA at 11.29am AWST (1.29pm AEST) when the moon completely blocked the sun for about a minute.

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