The Best Total Solar Eclipse Photos (2024)

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The arrival of the total solar eclipse in the US has brought with it an impressive array of photographs as well. If you weren’t able to find a spot to view the eclipse in person—or if it was stuck behind uncooperative clouds—you can at least get a sense of its grandeur through these photographs taken at different points along its journey.

The path of totality began in Mexico on Monday morning, working its way up through Texas by early afternoon. By 4:40 pm ET, it will have left the US entirely and headed into Canada. If you’re in or near its path, make sure to put on approved sunglasses—or make your own pinhole—to view it for yourself. And if you happen to have pets or live near wildlife, NASA could use a hand figuring out how animals respond to the eclipse.

Otherwise, enjoy these incredible photos of a total solar eclipse in North America. The next one is 20 years away.

Brady, TX

Photo of  the moon's descent below the sun's horizon during a total solar eclipse

Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Fort Worth, TX

Photo of partial  solar eclipse

Photograph: Ron Jenkins/Getty Images

San Francisco, CA

Photo of A view of a partial solar eclipse in San Francisco California

Photograph: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Getty Images

Milwaukee, WI

Photo of People taking in the partial solar eclipse outside of the Fiserv Forum on April 08 2024 in Milwaukee Wisconsin

Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Bloomington, IN

Photo of Early stages of a total solar eclipse in Bloomington Indiana

Photograph: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images

Washington, DC

Photo of three woman watching the solar eclipse near the base of the Washington Monument on the National Mall

Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Photograph of the Moon passing in front of the Sun with the top of the Washington Monument in silhouette

Photograph: Bill Ingalls/NASA/Getty Images

New York, NY

Photo of woman wearing eclipse glasses at the Beam as she prepares to watch a partial solar eclipse from the Top of the...

Photograph: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Photo of A partial solar eclipse moves across the sky near the Crown of the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island

Photograph: Timothy A. Clary/Getty Images

Niagara Falls, NY

Photo of The moon eclipses the sun during a total solar eclipse across North America at Niagara Falls State Park in...

Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images

Stowe, VT

Photo of the moon eclipses the sun during a total solar eclipse across North America in Stowe Vermont

Photograph: Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images