Eclipses Gallery

An eclipse is an awe-inspiring celestial event that drastically changes the appearance of the two biggest objects we see in our sky: our Sun and Moon. On Earth, people can experience solar eclipses when Earth, the Moon, and the Sun line up. For more on solar eclipses, visit go.nasa.gov/Eclipses.

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A boy watches the total solar eclipse through protective glasses in Madras, Oregon on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. A total...
Since the Moon appears smaller than the Sun during an annular solar eclipse, the Sun peeks out from around the...
Most of the Sun is blocked by the dark Moon in this photo. The Moon is outlined in bright sunlight, similar to a ring of fire.
The Moon is seen passing in front of the Sun during a solar eclipse from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National...
This image of the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse was taken from Madras, Oregon.
An image of a total solar eclipse during totality, showing a dark circle against a pitch black sky with a white glow surrounding it.
Families at a museum event safely view the 2017 solar eclipse while wearing safety glasses and pointing to the sky....
This photo shows families at a museum event, two young children in particular, safely viewing the 2017 solar eclipse while wearing safety glasses and pointing to the sky.
Former Spacelab 1 Mission scientist Rick Chappell views the August 21, 2017 solar eclipse with his wife. Chappell, a former...
Baily's Beads appear as the Moon makes its final move over the Sun during the total solar eclipse on Monday,...
Sunlight passes through the Moon’s rugged terrain creating the Baily’s Beads effect during the total solar eclipse Aug. 21, 2017
This composite image shows the progression of a total solar eclipse over Madras, Oregon, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
The night sky over a city, showing the progression of a solar eclipse in a line across the sky, with totality in the middle of the line
The diamond-ring effect occurred at the beginning and end of totality during a total solar eclipse. As the last bits of sunlight pass...
Tony’s photo of the totally eclipsed Sun above the Andes, taken on July 2, 2019, from a roadside near Iglesia,...
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A map showing where the Moon’s shadow will cross the U.S. during the 2023 annular solar eclipse and 2024 total...
Paths of the 2023 annular and 2024 total eclipses over a map of the US
Photo of a large metal antenna with a solar eclipse in the sky
Marshall Space Flight Center employees view the August 21, 2017 solar eclipse at the center’s activities building. The Huntsville area...
A partial solar eclipse emerges from behind the United States Capitol on June 10, 2021, as seen from Arlington, Virginia....
A reddish sky is shown with the bright circle of the Sun, a dark bite taken out of it. The dark circle covering about a third of the Sun's left side is the Moon, during a solar eclipse. In the foreground is the silhouette of the U.S. Capitol.
Millions of excited people in the U.S. traveled many miles see a total eclipse, and what a show it was....
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed a partial eclipse that at its peak covered only about 14 per cent of the sun on Aug. 21, 2017.
Judy Darwin of the Marshall Space Flight Center’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) views the August 21, 2017...
You can wear eclipse glasses to safely view the Sun during the partial eclipse phases of a solar eclipse, before...
A woman wearing eclipse glasses stands outside and looks up at the sky. Several people, some also wearing eclipse glasses and looking upward, appear in the background.
A total solar eclipse is seen on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon. A total solar eclipse swept across...
The Moon is seen passing in front of the Sun during a total solar eclipse on Monday, August 21, 2017...
This partial solar eclipse was seen from Northern Cascades National Park in Washington on Aug. 21, 2017.
The Sun appears as a large orange crescent, with the upper right portion of it covered by the Moon, which just appears as a black disk. A few sunspots can be seen near the middle and lower left edges of the Sun.