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
Eric Berger
Eric Berger is the senior space editor at Ars Technica, covering everything from astronomy to private space to wonky NASA policy, and author of the book Liftoff, about the rise of SpaceX. A certified meteorologist, Eric lives in Houston.
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