How America Watched the 2017 Solar Eclipse

Here are some of the best photos from across the country, no eclipse glasses required.

How America Watched the 2017 Solar Eclipse

How America Watched the 2017 Solar Eclipse

By Adrian Lam

In case you forgot your eclipse glasses at home — or your city had too much cloud cover to take a peek — we’ve compiled some of the most incredible shots from today’s Great American Eclipse. Once you finish scrolling, start planning a luxury vacation down south: The next eclipse is December 14, 2020, in South America.

View of a partial solar eclipse as seen from the esplanade of the Museum of Natural History in Mexico City, on August 21, 2017 (YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
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A full solar eclipse as seen in Salem, Ore., on Aug. 21, 2017. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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In this NASA handout, acomposite image, made from seven frames, shows the International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, as it transits the Sun at roughly five miles per second during a partial solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 near Banner, Wyoming. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images)
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In-camera multiple exposure of the solar eclipse as seen in Salem, Ore., on Aug. 21, 2017. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Members of the media watch the solar eclipse at the (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump wear protective glasses as they view the solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at the White House in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
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A total solar eclipse seen from the Lowell Observatory Solar Eclipse Experience on August 21, 2017 in Madras, Oregon. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)
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Ashlyn Veiseh, 7, of Los Angeles is prepared to view the eclipse at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, Ca August 21, 2017. (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Asha Moore uses solar eclipse glasses and her iphone to show a friend from Canada on the phone the view of the partial solar eclipse from Beckman Lawn at Caltech in Pasadena, California on August 21, 2017. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
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People watch through special filters the solar eclipse, at the esplanade of the Museum of Natural History in Mexico City, on August 21, 2017.(PEDRO PARDO/AFP/Getty Images)
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Steve Kaltenhauser of Calgary, Canada, watches with the crowd during a total solar eclipse from the Lowell Observatory Solar Eclipse Experience on August 21, 2017 in Madras, Oregon. (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Nicola James, 49, (right centre) with her twin 18 year old daughters Holly (left centre) and Grace (left rear) watch the start of the solar eclipse while flying over the United States on board Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight check VS5 from London’s Heathrow airport to Miami. (Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)
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People watch the start of the solar eclipse and raise their hands in prayer in an eclipse viewing event led by Native American elders, at Big Summit Prairie ranch in Oregon’s Ochoco National Forest near the city of Mitchell on August 21, 2017. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
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