Bay Staters grabbed their special glasses and looked up to the clear skies Monday afternoon, as they enjoyed the thrill of a solar eclipse.

Massachusetts wasn’t in the path of totality like in northern New England, but those in the Boston-area still had a stellar view of the cosmic spectacle — as the moon passed between the Earth and sun.

Many traveled north for the total solar eclipse, including Herald city editor Todd Prussman who went up to the Canadian border in Vermont. He got to see the mesmerizing “diamond ring” effect, and captured the moon making its final move over the sun during the total solar eclipse.

“Oh my God, my hands were shaking,” Prussman said a couple hours after seeing the total solar eclipse from Newport, Vt. “I was completely freaking out. It happened so fast, you just got to hope and pray you got it.

“It was so dramatic,” he added.

Have eclipse fever after Monday? You’ll have to wait a little while. The next total solar eclipse of this scale in the U.S. will be in 21 years.

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The diamond ring effect captured at the end of totality, as the moon eclipsed the sun on Monday in Newport, Vt. (Todd Prussman/Boston Herald)
Abirami Vellingiri looks at the sun through solar glasses during an eclipse watch party at Fresh Pond. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
Brianna Carrera reacts as she watches the eclipse. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
A woman reacts as she takes a photo during the eclipse. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
A partial eclipse is seen during an eclipse watch party in Cambridge. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
People watch the sun through solar glasses during an eclipse watch party in Cambridge. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
Carolyn Nascimento and Corynn Bischoff relax as they look at the sun through solar glasses. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)
A partial eclipse is seen from Cambridge. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)