In the history of United States, this is the first time people saw the “Great American Eclipse” that spanned across the entire USA. The solar eclipse passed over the land after 99 years. It started in the late hours of the morning in Oregon and ended in South Carolina.
People had planned to watch the great solar eclipse for months or years in advance, and that included children, adults, and the elderly alike. While the entire world rammed about the eye protection required to witness the phenomenon, the president of the US refused to listen to this precaution and stepped out to watch it without any safety glasses.
Many of the roads in the Southeast were choked with traffic. As a result, we got countless grainy pictures of the eclipse, but a few super spectacular ones too.
However, except the US, rest of the world was not fortunate enough to witness one, So here we have some of the best pictures from this week’s Solar Eclipse.
Stunning view of the total solar eclipse over Casper, Wyoming. https://t.co/sXY4r2ADeV #Eclipse pic.twitter.com/qxStT8uVW7
— ABC News (@ABC) August 22, 2017
95% of totality#solar #eclipse #solareclipse #PopGoesTheSun #greatamericaneclipse #astronomy #moon #sun pic.twitter.com/Ho5JpjZHNF
— Zackery Ellis (@zackellis) August 21, 2017
Finally got the big scope set up. #eclipsekck #popgoesthesun #solareclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/9DNkXRSVgI
— Spencer (@PezSHMart) August 21, 2017
HELL YEAH TOTALITY #SolarEclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/u6bhA3VDUh
— AstroidmaniaVideos (@AstroidVideos) August 21, 2017
This is what shadows look like during a partial eclipse. These are the shadows of individual leaves from a nearby tree last #SolarEclipse pic.twitter.com/iLS6UhdpZd
— abdul 🚀 (@Advil) August 21, 2017
At the speed of darkness…watch as #SolarEclipse2017 shadow moves across our beautiful planet at <1 mile/second; as seen from GIII aircraft pic.twitter.com/X8jy10OqJh
— Thomas Zurbuchen (@Dr_ThomasZ) August 22, 2017
You probably saw #SolarEclipse2017 from Earth…but what did it look like from space? Check out these @Space_Station views: pic.twitter.com/6uPdyRFbXs
— NASA (@NASA) August 21, 2017
Voila! The #Eclipse2017 shadow from @Space_Station, no words needed // Voilà! L'eclisse vista dalla Stazione Spaziale, non servono parole… pic.twitter.com/7kD5AYb5zj
— Paolo Nespoli (@astro_paolo) August 21, 2017
Another one will happen on December 26, 2019, all across Eastern Europe, Asia, Northwest Australia, and the Pacific region.
This science communicator demonstrated a DIY device to watch the eclipse.