It's not every day you see the streets of a major U.S. city practically deserted -- and Bostonians took notice of the rare occurance. Many social media users, holed up for Friday's citywide lockdown during the manhunt for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, shared their photos of the deserted city streets on Instagram.

A selection of those photos appears below, a rare look at Boston as a near-Ghost Town. [View more photos of Boston's empty city streets »]

brieshell47

Streets are dead #lockdown here in #boston #manhunt

brirasmussen

Never seen the streets this empty #commave #bu #boston #lockdown

celov23

Watertown street #dead #lockdown #newton #watertown #prayforboston #piccollage

mommyb219

#bostonstrong #thewrongcity #Boston #lockdown 3

dmckeev14

Whats usually a super busy street in Allston is now empty

valeriesanborn

No one at Quincy #Boston #Quincymarket #lockdown

lcav55

#boston #abandoned #huntington #suspect #bombing #transportation #ban #erie #lockdown #ghosttown

mister_dabble

Downtown Crossing Boston at 1030am this morning #prayforboston #Boston #lockdown #bostonmarathon

absolutelyari

Its creepy to see the streets this empty #Boston #LockDown #BostonStrong

danimariethibodeau

Boston on lock down @everyday33 totally stole this from you #boston#bostonmyhome#lockdown

pecjr23

Kenmore Square Boston 41913 #lockdown

berkleejazz

Not a soul Not a sound Boston will find the sucker Even if we must shut down

shelllyyyy

One of the busiest corners The entire city is on lockdown #eerie #ghosttown #boston #kenmore #prayforboston #bostonstrong

stephgoguen

Woah quietest the #northend has been probably ever #boston

sho1624

The sight of what usually is a busy bustling city deserted is so eerie #Boston #manhunt #bostonbombings