Total Solar Eclipse 2024: The Best Photos We've Seen

The Great American Eclipse graced our skies on Monday, and if you were lucky enough to live in (or be visiting) the path of totality, you may have had a great view of the rare celestial event.

Skygazers in Mazatlan, Mexico, (where this image was captured) were among the first to view Monday's total solar eclipse.

The eclipse crossed over the Pacific coast of Mexico, mainland Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. It then hit southern Illinois, Indianapolis, Ohio, Lake Erie, New York, Vermont and Canada.

In shades of pink, solar flares shine through the "diamond ring" effectas the moon moves to fully cover the sun in Austin, Texas.

A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon completely blocks the sun from view on Earth, plunging those in the path of totality into darkness for several minutes. This was the last total solar eclipse that will appear above North America until 2044.

The farther off the path of totality you are from an eclipse, the less of an impact you can expect -- but stunning photos were still taken from other locations. Seen here: the partial solar eclipse above the Washington Monument in Washington, DC.

Getty photographer Chip Somodevilla captured a refraction from the camera's lens showing a mirror image sun/moon in the lower-right corner of the photo.

NASA made this composite of a series of photos taken during the partial eclipse over Washington Monument in Washington, DC.

Some people were lucky enough to be mid-flight when the eclipse happened. This image was taken onboard Southwest flight 1252 from Dallas to Pittsburgh. You can see the sky darkening as though it's nighttime.

NASA took this shot of the eclipse above the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Before, during and after the eclipse on Monday, NASA fired three sounding rockets to test the effect of a total solar eclipse on radio communications. Astronauts in the International Space Station were also able to view the eclipse from space.

Huge crowds of people crammed onto rooftops in New York City to witness the partial eclipse, which covered 90% of the sun.

New Yorkers saw the partial solar eclipse, pictured here above the Statue of Liberty.

Seven different stages of the eclipse over Pembroke, Massachusetts. The photographer captured the shot as an in-camera multiple exposure during the course of an hour.

Fans and players watched the total solar eclipse right above the stadium before the game between the Cleveland Guardians and the Chicago White Sox in Cleveland.

The total solar eclipse appeared above Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada.

If you always envisioned yourself wearing eclipse safety glasses with your wedding attire, the Total Eclipse of the Heart festival in Russellville, Arkansas, saw a mass wedding take place.

A helicopter is shown flying past the partial solar eclipse in New York City.

Houlton, Maine, was one of the final places in the US to witness the eclipse reaching totality.