Photos: 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse
Beach eclipse
Jeanna Bryner photographs the eclipse from the beach in Ocean City, New Jersey.
Near total eclipse
The moon passes in front of the sun at the point of the maximum partial solar eclipse near Banner, Wyoming today (Aug. 21).
Diamond ring
This so-called diamond ring effect happened when the moon made its final move over the sun during the total eclipse, as seen from Madras, Oregon.
Bailey's Beads
This effect, known as Bailey's beads, was seen during the total solar eclipse from Madras, Oregon during the Great American Solar Eclipse. The beads were visible because the moon is spotted with mountains and valleys. Light coming from the sun is broken into a band of spots, or beads, as the light appears around the moon's rim.
Bailey's beads usually appear for only a few seconds to about a minute.
Spectacular view
A view of the Great American Solar Eclipse, as seen from Oregon.
ISS times four
Another composite image, this time showing four snapshots of the ISS transiting across a partial eclipse of the sun.
Oregon crowd
A crowd of sky gazers gathered at Oregon State University to watch the Great American Solar Eclipse.
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Eclipse shadow
NASA Ames tweeted "Astronauts aboard the @Space_Station captured this amazing image of the Moon's shadow over the U.S. during #SolarEclipse2017."
Crescent shadows
NASA Ames also tweeted" Cool crescent-shaped shadows were seen at @NASAAmes as the Moon took a bite out of the Sun during #SolarEclipse2017"
Partial eclipse
The beginning of the solar eclipse, as seen from Oregon.
Laura is the archaeology and Life's Little Mysteries editor at Live Science. She also reports on general science, including paleontology. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Scholastic, Popular Science and Spectrum, a site on autism research. She has won multiple awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association for her reporting at a weekly newspaper near Seattle. Laura holds a bachelor's degree in English literature and psychology from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in science writing from NYU.