The solar eclipse was one of the most anticipated events of 2017. People spent years preparing for it, building spots to watch, buying cameras, and producing glasses that could be used to stare right at the sun.
After all the hype, the eclipse came and went. Unless you were lucky enough to have an extremely powerful camera, any picture you tried to take probably just ended up like this:
Lucky for us, there were a lot of people who DID manage to capture incredible pictures of the eclipse, and believe me when I say they are nothing short of breathtaking.
1. Credit to Lux Obscura (Flickr)
2. Credit to NASA
3. Credit to NASA/SDO
4. Credit to Karl Shakur
5. Credit to Mikey_dude (Reddit)
6. Credit to Bryan Minear
Someone even managed to get a picture from the plane!
7. Babak Tafreshi/National Geographic
8. Credit to Glenn Orzepowski
10. Credit to Jasman Mander
11. Credit to Cursetenj (Reddit)
12. Credit to Andrew Studer
13. Credit to Matipon Tangmatitham
14. Credit to Alex Neises
15. Credit Unknown (Imgur)
16. Credit to Jimmy Chin
17. Credit to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
18. Credit to MTL Blog
19. Credit to Jenny Photographe
20. Credit to Hillary Kennedy
21. Credit to Facetedphoto
22. Credit to Roan Pictures
23. Credit to Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
24. Credit to Jeff Roberson/AP
25. Credit to Dev Man Photo
26. Credit to Alex Strohl
27. Credit To Sean Parker Photography
Did you take the time to watch the solar eclipse?