This morning, a total solar eclipse was visible from the Faeroe Islands and Svalbard, Norway, and a partial solar eclipse from many parts of Europe, Northern Africa and Northern Asia. These stellar photos shows the astronomical event that darkened the skies.
View of the partial solar eclipse as viewed through the viewfinder of a digital camera, Budapest, Hungary
Photo: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo
ESA’s Sun-watching Proba-2 minisatellite had a ringside seat from orbit. Proba-2 used its SWAP imager to capture the Moon passing in front of the Sun in a near-totality. SWAP views the solar disc at extreme ultraviolet wavelengths to capture the turbulent surface of the Sun and its swirling corona
Photo: ESA/ROB
NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the Arctic Ocean and captured the eclipse’s shadow over the clouds
Photo: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team
People watch in darkness during the totality of a solar eclipse at the city of Torshavn, capital of the Faeroe Islands. A blanket of clouds kept thousands of sky-gazers from getting a clear view of the sun, but that didn’t stop the cheers. Tourists and residents alike hooted and applauded as the daylight dimmed, plunging Torshavn into darkness for about 2 minutes and 45 seconds.
Photo: Matt Dunham/AP
Total solar eclipse through the clouds as seen from Vagar on the Faeroe Islands
Photo: Eric Adams/AP
Partial solar eclipse over Northamptonshire in Northampton, England
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The Wetterstein mountains during the partial solar eclipse in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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Partial solar eclipse over the Miner’s Family Statue in Tonypandy in South Wales
Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
A seagull in Tonypandy, Wales
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Partial eclipse in Tonypandy, Wales
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The moon crosses the sun, here seen above St Michael’s Mount, near Penzance, England
Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
Partial solar eclipse in Glasgow, Scotland
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Two men use welding masks to view the moon crossing the sun
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A woman uses special glasses and a smartphone to photograph the partial solar eclipse near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
A halo is seen around the sun over Alexander Column at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St.Petersburg, Russia, during the solar eclipse
Photo: Dmitry Lovetsky/AP
The eclipse is seen through a dark glass plate in Sarajevo, Bosnia
Photo: Amel Emric/AP
The moon blocks the sun over a statue of the Duomo gothic cathedral in Milan, Italy
Photo: Luca Bruno/AP
Solar eclipse over a statue of the General Staff Headquarters in St. Petersburg, Russia
Photo: Dmitry Lovetsky/AP
Two storks sit on their nest on top a chapel in Ciudad Rodrigo in Salamaca, Spain
Photo: Jose Vicente/AP
Man uses a lung x-ray to see the solar eclipse in Moscow
Photo: Ivan Sekretarev/AP
A view of a solar eclipse seen behind a minaret in Eger, 127 kms northeast of Budapest, Hungary
Photo: Peter Komka, MTI/AP
Top gif photographed and created by Attila Nagy/Gizmodo