A total eclipse of the sun on Tuesday captured the hearts of viewers in South America.

Tens thousands of locals and tourists gathered for the cosmic event, with some cheering and jumping as the moon blocked the sun, darkening the skies over Chile and Argentina.

“There’s the corona!” tweeted NASA, which livestreamed the astronomical marvel. “A total solar eclipse lets us see the Sun’s outer atmosphere with the unaided eye.”

The umbral shadow — where the sun is completely covered by the moon — passed over the Pacific Ocean before hitting La Serena in Chile at 4:38 p.m. ET and then traveling across the Andes and ending up near Buenos Aires, Argentina, at 4:44 p.m. ET.

A partial eclipse was also visible in other parts of Chile and Argentina, as well as Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and parts of Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela and Panama, NASA said.

This is the first total solar eclipse since 2017, when millions of people in the US witnessed the celestial phenomena.

The next total solar eclipse in North America will be in 2024. There’ll be a partial solar eclipse visible in New York in 2021.

With Post wires