OT Staff
The total solar eclipse on April 8 was visible across North America, stretching from Mexico to Canada. This event occurs when the Moon moves between the Earth and the Sun, temporarily blocking the sunlight. Here are some of the most captivating pictures gathered from social media.
Millions of spectators came with relevant gadgets to observe the cosmological event. Here, solar eclipse is seen from Montréal by Anaïs Remili.
In New York, the eclipse was set to start at 2:10 p.m., lasting until 4:36 p.m., for a total of two hours and 26 minutes. The eclipsed sun passes behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City.
During a solar eclipse, solar prominences can be observed. These are bright features that extend from the Sun's surface into its outer atmosphere, held in place by the Sun's magnetic field. During the total eclipse last night, some stunning images of these prominences were captured.
At 1.25 AM, the total solar eclipse ended in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 547 kilometres southwest of Ireland. Here is another image of the eclipse from Mansfield with slight solar prominences.
When the eclipse enters totality, it appears as a perfectly symmetrical diamond ring figure. One of the pictures that gloriously capture the diamond-moment of the eclipse comes from Missouri.
Photography is about light and shadows, patience and timing, producing wonders with precision and awe-inspiring details. A photographer in Jonesboro patiently captured one such rare moment last night: a plane flying through the total eclipse of 2024.
Creative photography also extends to mindfulness coupled with experimentality and perspective. During the solar eclipse 2024, a photographer captured a time-lapse of the complete sequence of the eclipse.
Red Bull pilots Kevin Coleman and Pete McLeod flew in tandem a mere four feet apart for a jaw-dropping stunt that resulted in a breathtaking photo of the solar eclipse 2024.
Another iconic image from the United States of the solar eclipse 2024, the last one until 2045 as per NASA.
Taken in Celevland, this image has come out to be one of the most iconic ones from solar eclipse 2024 and turned viral on social media platforms. It captures the total eclipse behind the iconic The Terminal Tower Residences.