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.
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.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/74_annular_eclipse_detail_1-3.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
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.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/eclipse_1-1280-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
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.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Solar_Eclipse_2017_children_pointing_credit_Emily_Maletz_for_the_NISE_Network_lowerres_-_Catherine_McCarthy-jpeg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
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](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/5663_Bailys_Beads-1.jpeg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
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](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Total_solar_eclipse_over_Madras__Oregon-1.jpeg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
The diamond-ring effect occurred at the beginning and end of totality during a total solar eclipse. As the last bits of sunlight pass...
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2701_afrc2017-0233-009.jpeg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Tony’s photo of the totally eclipsed Sun above the Andes, taken on July 2, 2019, from a roadside near Iglesia,...
![Andes Eclipse](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Andes_Eclipse.jpeg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
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](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/NASA_Eclipse_path-1-jpeg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![Photo of a large metal antenna with a solar eclipse in the sky](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/AB4EJ_2017_Eclipse_Photo_-_Gary_Mikitin_AF8A-1-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
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.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/partial-solar-eclipse-800x600-1-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
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.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Mamta_watching_the_eclipse.jpeg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
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.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/5672_Partial_Solar_Eclipse-2.jpeg?w=4096&format=jpeg)