Awe-Inspiring Images from This Year’s Solar Eclipse
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Solar eclipses, once perceived as divine messages or omens, are now precisely predictable events that enthusiasts eagerly anticipate. Yesterday's eclipse was visible in its entirety across Greenland, Iceland, Spain, and Portugal, while partial views were enjoyed by observers worldwide. Both professionals and amateurs alike documented the celestial event, ensuring plenty of images and videos were captured with necessary eye protection.
Andrew McCarthy, a photographer aboard a Mediterranean ship, managed to capture a stunning photo of the eclipse from his vantage point. The photo showcases the sun’s corona, along with a solar prominence, framed perfectly around the moon’s silhouette. In a separate capture, a time-lapse image from San Millán de los Caballeros, Spain, presents the eclipse stages over a field of sunflowers.
Ben Cooper, an official Cape Canaveral photographer, provided a different angle of the eclipse through time-lapse images from just outside Duraton, Spain. Here, the sun and moon appear to be perched atop a lighthouse, as seen from a boat. Dutch photographer Albert Dros captured the sun and moon perched atop a lighthouse off the coast of Menorca from a boat.
One might not need specialized equipment to capture impressive images of the eclipse. A Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra was used to shoot a dramatic image in Galicia, Spain. Eclipse watchers atop Glastonbury Tor in the U.K. got a unique perspective, with the sun partially obscured by the moon. Author Emma Mitchell managed to capture an intriguing image of a partial eclipse in the U.K.
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