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This composite image, made from four frames, shows the International Space Station as it transits the Sun Monday.
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A close-up view of the station, Sun, and Moon.
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A total solar eclipse is seen on Monday, August 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon.
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This composite image shows the progression of a total solar eclipse over Madras, Oregon.
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The last glimmer of the Sun is seen as the Moon makes its final move over the Sun during the total solar eclipse on Monday.
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A total solar eclipse is seen on Monday, August 21, 2017 from onboard a NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Gulfstream III 25,000 feet above the Oregon coast.
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The European Space Agency’s Proba-2 satellite captured partial eclipses from its viewpoint, 800 km above Earth.
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This composite image shows the progression of a partial solar eclipse over Ross Lake, in Northern Cascades National Park, Washington.
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ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli took this picture during the total solar eclipse of the Sun over the US on August 21, 2017.
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Another photo by Nespoli.
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Viewing the eclipse from orbit were NASA’s Randy Bresnik, Jack Fischer, and Peggy Whitson, ESA (European Space Agency’s) Paolo Nespoli, and Roscosmos’ Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, and Sergey Ryazanskiy.
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Just to see if you clicked through to the end, here’s a photo of Lady Gaga taking in the eclipse. Although we don’t think those are proper eclipse glasses.
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On Monday, Ars writers shared some thoughts with readers about the total solar eclipse that spanned the United States and took some backyard photographs of the event. But let’s be honest; none of us are professional photographers, and we didn’t possess the right equipment to do the celestial event justice.
Fortunately, there’s a space agency for that. Two, even. And on Monday NASA and the European Space Agency deployed their resources on the ground and in space to capture the eclipse, doing so in stunning fashion. This gallery highlights everything from the International Space Station transiting the Sun during the eclipse, to astronauts on board the station itself taking pictures of the event back on Earth.
Listing image by NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
via Ars Technica
The solar eclipse produced some fantastic photos—here are our favorites