A total solar eclipse swept across North America from Mexico on Monday (April 8). The moon completely covered the sun, darkening the sky and revealing our star’s hidden outer atmosphere. While people in Ireland and Scotland may have had a glimpse of a brief partial eclipse, those in the rest of Europe didn’t get to see anything at all. In fact, Europeans will not see a full eclipse before 2026.
But for Americans, the event turned out to be a rich experience, with plenty of impressive footage that will surely serve the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which asked members of the public to send their observations in, as part of NASA’s Eclipse Soundscapes Project.
While some observers managed to capture the path of totality, other eclipse enthusiasts were able to take stunning photographs of different phases of the sun and the moon.
