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On Monday, August 21, 2017, millions of people were staring at the same thing through doofy glasses, as they tried to catch a glimpse of the solar eclipse. Not only that, they also immortalized the awe-inspiring moment in photos, and Bored Panda has collected the best of them in case you missed the phenomenon or can't get enough of it.
A total solar eclipse covered a narrow portion of the United States from Salem, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. And a partial one was visible across the entire continent of North America, as well as in parts of South America, Africa, and Europe. This was the first time since 1918 when North America experienced the path of totality from coast to coast.
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I Am The Accidental Photographer Of This Once In A Lifetime Shot
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To The Ends Of The Earth.... This Is A Single Photo, No Photoshop
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The Great American Eclipse As Seen From Oregon. Millions Of People Gathered To The Narrow Path Of Totality To Witness One Of The Most Epic Astronomical Phenomenons Of The Century
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Another Eclipse Photo
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Apparently Eclipses Produce Insane Looking Shadows
Jim Rich 8 years ago
People parked in my lot with chairs, umbrellas, etc. I went out and announced that the eclipse had been cancelled, six people started to pack up and leave. One old woman said "Well, s**t! all the way from Cincinnati for nothing!" This is my most memorable moment of the eclipse.
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This Was Undoubtedly The Most Fantastic Natural Phenomenon I've Had The Honor Witnessing
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Hours Of Planning, Scouting, And Driving Went Into Creating This Photograph. It Was On The Verge Of Being Completely Ruined By Clouds. But Thankfully It All Worked Out
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The Eclipse Is Leaving Very Weird Shadows On My Deck!
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View From A Plane Over The Pacific Ocean
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The Moment Of Totality. Experiencing My First Total Solar Eclipse In The High Country Of Idaho As I Partner With
makenzie stephenson 8 years ago
I agree cause you can see the moons features
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Tania Barnes 8 years ago
More than half of these images are fake. They're interesting, and well done, but not photographs. I wish BoredPanda would do a better job of fact checking.
S Missions 8 years ago
Makes you wonder what their motivations are, doesn't it? Why fake something like that? What does anyone get out of it?
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Tom Dibble 8 years ago
Yeah; it would have been an awesome picture of the sun if that damned rock hadn't gotten in the way!
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Harsh Wardhan 8 years ago
I was blessed to be in Varanasi on July 22, 2009 to see the solar eclipse. It was one of the places where complete viewing was predicted although it was not the best place. A village in Bihar was the hot spot in India & prediction was that China will have the best view. I & my elder daughter decided to take a chance at Varanasi & we were not disappointed. We had never seen so many people in our life. There were millions of people right from the Mughal Sarai railway station to the Ganga Ghats. We could manage a vantage point & were ready to shoot the eclipse. Unfortunately it started pouring from the dark cloudy skies. Surprisingly the moment eclipse started clouds over the sun cleared out & rain stopped. I could photograph the whole eclipse, every stage of this amazing surreal natural event. I will never forget the darkness at the time of totality & a big “”AHH”” coming out of awestruck millions watching the event. It was interesting to photograph the people taking holy bath & praying; collarge-5...1d58e1.jpg 
Tom Dibble 8 years ago
The thing I like about this is that you don't see many *long* exposures of totality. Seeing the face of the moon there is a little jarring, because we're used to high shutter speeds so you capture the black of the night sky around the corona and, necessarily, keep the dark side of the moon completely underexposed. This is very unique, and tells a compelling story. Well done!
Claudia Miriam Reed 8 years ago
I thought it was totally dark except for the radiance around the sun during the totality.
Tom Dibble 8 years ago
How dark it is depends on how long your exposure is. This was a long exposure, hence the light sky and visibility of the "dark" side of the moon.
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John Endsley 8 years ago
Lots of Photoshop going on here, denied or not. Images of eclipse WAY too large in relation to foreground in most shots. Fine, but don't claim otherwise.
Tom Dibble 8 years ago
Nope. Just a long lens, probably 800mm or so, taken from down at the bottom of a steep hill. Perfectly possible to do this without any compositing.
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Patrick Paszkowski 8 years ago
In #9 it's the size of a pebble, which it should be, and here it's huge and also very low on the horizon. No Photoshop?
Greg Hoggarth 8 years ago
You can get big exposures of the moon and sun with telephoto lenses and the right angle. It is likely that the overall shot is genuine. However, the detail on the moon is completely fake. The sun's corona completely washes out any detail from the moon, just like a silhouette of someone standing in a doorway, you can't see their face clearly. Except the sun's corona is the brightest incandescent bulb ever, and the moon is naturally dark grey in colour already.
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Cody Onthank 7 years ago
northOn August 21st of 2017, Matt Spohn and Charlie Egan completed the first ascent of a new route, Path of Totality, DURING the Great American Eclipse. This is the only first ascent on Monkey Face in the past fifteen years.
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Christopher Richard 8 years ago
Very cool demonstration of phase locking. note that this photo reveals that the "man in the moon" is still facing us, even durint the eclipse when the moon is totally "new".
William Shields 8 years ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6v7dph/selfie_i_found_the_suns_reflection_right_after/
Stacey Powers 8 years ago
My capture: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100259000208770&set=a.528538103710.2039894.46900223&type=3&theater
Luis Antonio 8 years ago
Jajajaja the moon phase was new moon, with the hiden side looking at us, this photo is a ultra fake
Vladimir Anatolyevich 8 years ago
https://flic.kr/p/XJNJBk My Photo of the plane in front of eclipse. And this is video how it happened https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xltsN6sv_Ig
Kevin Perry 8 years ago
Can you see features on the moon or are my eyes tricking me? Great pic, too, tho I'd frame it w/o the car.
Richard Okelberry 8 years ago
This was also shot in Idaho by a friend using only his phone. 21032660_1...99c323.jpg 
Toni Carroll 8 years ago
during an eclipse, you will not be able to see any features of the moon.
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Jackson Wy 11:38am 8.21.17
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Chased The Eclipse, It Was Worth It
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Got Extra Lucky With This Shot During The Eclipse!
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The Solar Eclipse's Totality Only Lasted For Minutes In The Path That It Occurred. Giving Photographers A Small Window Of Time To Capture Something Most Of Us Will Most Likely Never See Again
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The Sun And The Moon
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Satellite Imagery Of 2017 Solar Eclipse
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I Just Captured The Total Eclipse
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Too Excited To Wait To Download!
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The Corona Of The Sun Is Visible During The Totality Of The Solar Eclipse Viewed From Dallas, Oregon
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Total Eclipse Solar Corona
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Total Solar Eclipse Photobombed By ISS Transit
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It Wasn't A Total Solar Eclipse In New York City Today But It Was Still Amazing Too See It. The Next Total Solar Eclipse Viewable In The Us Is Only 7 Years Away, Hopefully I Will Be Still Alive To See It And Capture The Perfect Eclipse
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The Eclipse From Nashville
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Solar Eclipse 2017
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The Great American Eclipse Above The Empire State Building
David Gowers 8 years ago
"The Great American Eclipse"? Did you all buy it or create it or something?
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In Northern Washington
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A Little Noisy At Iso 12800 But So What? There's A Plane, The Moon And The Sun In The Same Shot!
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Solar Eclipse 2017
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I Too Took A Picture Of The Eclipse And Did Not Go Blind
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The Great American Solar Eclipse Of 2017
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Eclips From The Painted Hills In Oregon
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Close Obscure The Moon As It Covers A Part Of The Sun During A Partial Eclipse In Richmond, Va
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90 Minute Before Eclipse Starts, Mother Nature Trolls Like A Boss
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Solar Eclipse 2017
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When Sun Starts Swallowing Moon
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Solar Eclipse 2017
Steve AndLady 8 years ago
oh , nice one...but there is a face in the clouds looks like a skull..bad omen ?
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Ray Tisdale 8 years ago
I'm a pilot and professional photographer, so I figured I would combine the two! I flew a plane up to 14,000 feet (above the haze and clouds) over South Carolina and took these four images. eclipse-co...2a3a22.jpg 
Adam Milton 8 years ago
Thanks for the legit image, they are rare coin these days. For the rest of you get on to shutter stock and start making some composites like the rest of the Instagram hookers.
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Flinkie 8 years ago
You guys in America are super lucky to have seen this! The eclipse sure looks awesome in all these pics!
Randy Phillips 8 years ago
I felt very fortunate to have been able to see the eclipse. It is as awesome as people say and well worth the travel, ( not far for me ) and missing a day of work ( no PTO )
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Angie Rayfield 8 years ago
A more appropriate title would be "The 10+ Best Photoshops of Eclipse Pictures of 2017," because most of these are composites.
Adam Milton 8 years ago
Agreed the close up are a little in doubt because you can't tell scale but most stock images of total eclipses are done like this to be inserted where needed but definite cons: #2 bollocks, #5 bollocks, #6 double-exposure bollocks #10 potential composite stolen from the actual photographer bollocks, can't %100 confirm but i've seen this exact image without the foreground (because zoomed in to this size you would not see this kind of foreground detail or comparitive size) from an entirely different photographer.
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Adam Milton 8 years ago
Compared to most of the other "eclipse" images coming up in the feed today, this is factual.
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Sarah Collas 8 years ago
I was shure I would find the picture of donald trump starring into the eclipse here
Sophie G 8 years ago
meh think the sun revolves around him and can't handle this kind of competition
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lasagna's underrated 8 years ago
I went to Wyoming and faced my phobia of heights to go up on a mountain just to see it. I just got back fromJFK at 2:00 am.
lasagna's underrated 8 years ago
I got this beautiful shot there. IMG_1313-5...65-png.jpg 
GLTaylor 8 years ago
Mine came out purple due to a lens flare in a pic I took just before this one. I'm in SoCal so I only had a partial eclipse but I'm glad I remembered my ND filter before it was too late! EclipseFBC...bb5263.jpg 
Julie Julie 8 years ago
Loved the photos. People need to stop calling every shot "shopped". 1) it's called edited, 2) most photos you see these days are edited (damn, don't you use filters for your instagram photos?!), 3) it's part of the art of photography - whether you approve of it or not, digital painting and heavy photo editing to create composite images and using multiple exposure are very common these days. If you really want to point out something out of the ordinary, point out raw unedited photos.
Jack Hurley 8 years ago
Julie...superimposing two photos onto each other and trying to pass them off as one, is FAKE..plain and simple. That is not edited. Using your insanely stupid logic, those photos of Oprah Winfrey's head on a skinny model's body is a real photo simply because it is pieces of actual photos? The last one especially is HILARIOUSLY fake.
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Justin Snyder 8 years ago
I'm a documentary photographer and captured the ongoings in New York at the Rose Center for Earth and Space. Wanted to share the images with you guys: http://justinsnyderphoto.com/solar-eclipse-photography/ Best-Solar...95c625.jpg 
Michael Cuffe 8 years ago
This was mine... Instagram @MikeCuffe Facebook.com/MikeCuffe EclipseFin...573606.jpg 
Jay Davis 8 years ago
Here is one where I was at 99 percent totality. You can see flares and bailey's beads. But next time lower ISO . Was taken without a filter at 800 ISO (mistake) and 6000 of a second shutter. eclipse17-...f72fd0.jpg 
Jay Davis 8 years ago
I'm really impressed people noticed the photo, not my spelling!
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Toby Fernsler 8 years ago
I've been sun-gazing for years, and wasn't going to let some filter get in the way of a full experience. Here's what I saw with my eyes, which no camera seems able to capture. 2017-08-21...c6-png.jpg 
Stephen Theis 8 years ago
To God be the Glory!!! Taken at the Rocksprings Baptist Church, Easley, SC 17Eclipse-...351be0.jpg 
Doctor Mike 8 years ago
Almost all are fake!!!!!!!!!!! For example, the time lapse from Oregon. The sun did not move a full 20 degrees in the sky during the 2 minutes of totality. Not possible unless daylight lasts a total of 45 minutes a day.
Richard Chalk 8 years ago
Here's a great one! NOT photoshopped, enhanced or modified/faked whatsoever. Just a "real deal" stunning accident from Nashville! Eclipse-20...163e22.jpg 
Ryan Witkos 8 years ago
#6 is photoshopped, impossible to have that zoomed in of an image with a landscape shot.
Stacey Powers 8 years ago
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100259000208770&set=a.528538103710.2039894.46900223&type=3&theater
Pat Desson 8 years ago
Thank you for capturing and sharing these magnificent photos!!! They take my breath away and leave me in awe.
Kadesh Hendricksen 8 years ago
From my back yard. I got it full size and on my shirt! I like to think maybe the ISS is on my shirt too. ;P Sight_2017...41d4c2.jpg 
Kristin Urban 8 years ago
Check out this amazing picture from El Hicks Photography. A wonderful capture on his end. Solar flares included! https://www.facebook.com/elhicksphotography/photos/a.534836286571309.1073741835.428778860510386/1392442380810691/?type=3&theater
Lexi Jones 8 years ago
YOU NEED TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO TOOK THESE PHOTOGRAPHS!!! NOW!!!!!!!!!! The collection is stunning and credit NEEDS to be given where it is deserved!!!
Vladimir Anatolyevich 8 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xltsN6sv_Ig Plane in front of eclipse. and photo https://flic.kr/p/XJNJBk
Kasia Nitschke 8 years ago
How do you upload photos? I took some awful photos of the Eclipse but few nice ones of the Cresent shaped shadows
Ron G 8 years ago
Signed up just so I could share. Can't seem to figure out how to add to the list so I will leave it as a comment. At the very last second, the moon went pink for me. Eclipse-cr...868f37.jpg 
Jesse Dunn 8 years ago
Real photo I shot with a DSLR and very minimal post-processing: DSC_0117pr...01cb98.jpg 
Jesse Dunn 8 years ago
"Diamond Ring" photo I shot with DSLR; minimal post-processing. DSC_0118pr...e56947.jpg 
Joseph Eschman 8 years ago
There is no way in hell that #2, #6, or #10 are real. The moon is not that close to the Earth.
Joseph Eschman 8 years ago
There is no way in hell that #2, #6, or #10 are real. The sun/moon are not that close to Earth.
Jayne Newton 8 years ago
We captured this frame from our video camera seconds the total eclipse was ending near Clemson, SC. Eclipse-5-...f8fad9.jpg 
Jordan Allen 8 years ago
Short video taken during the 2017 Solar Eclipse. I didn't get the famous "moon blocking the sun shot" as I really wasn't in the right location to do so. However, I managed to capture something visually pleasing. All flares created in camera using an 8-point star filter on the lens. LINK: https://youtu.be/xsBheLJNTSE OR THE NERDS: Camera: Blackmagic CInema Camera (EF Mount) Lens: Vintage Vivitar 35mm - 70mm lens Star Filter: Zomei 8-Point (Thread Size: 77mm)
Michael Cuffe 8 years ago
This was mine... Facebook.com/MikeCuffe Instagram: @MikeCuffe EclipseFin...75665c.jpg 
Harsh Wardhan 8 years ago
I was blessed to be in Varanasi on July 22, 2009 to see the solar eclipse. It was one of the places where complete viewing was predicted although it was not the best place. A village in Bihar was the hot spot in India & prediction was that China will have the best view. I & my elder daughter decided to take a chance at Varanasi & we were not disappointed. We had never seen so many people in our life. There were millions of people right from the Mughal Sarai railway station to the Ganga Ghats. We could manage a vantage point & were ready to shoot the eclipse. Unfortunately it started pouring from the dark cloudy skies. Surprisingly the moment eclipse started clouds over the sun cleared out & rain stopped. I could photograph the whole eclipse, every stage of this amazing surreal natural event. I will never forget the darkness at the time of totality & a big “”AHH”” coming out of awestruck millions watching the event. It was interesting to photograph the people taking holy bath & praying; 07-Totalit...8c4e29.jpg 
Dirk Snyder 8 years ago
You might want to edit the caption on #3.The plural form of phenomenon is phenomena.
Kathy Baker 8 years ago
What I noticed from nature. My chickens went into their coop and a few of the roosters ran then out as if saying. "It's not night time yet!". The birds were quiet for a minute and when the sun started to reserfice they started chirping like morning. My dog layed in the yard and enjoyed it, you could tell he knew something was up and he took it all in.
Steve Ginn 8 years ago
The "Smarter Every Day" channel on youtube were the ones who photographed the space station transition - https://youtu.be/lepQoU4oek4
Jeff Spangler 8 years ago
The Moonshadows remind me of the Cat Stephens (now Yusuf Islam) song. Dancing with them reminds me of Van Morrison's Moondance.\
Jeff Spangler 8 years ago
The Moonshadows remind me of the Cat Stephens (now Yusuf Islam) song. Dancing with them reminds me of Van Morrison's Moondance.
Susanne Peters 8 years ago
I'm from Chicago and two of my fellow photographers and I trekked to Missouri to see it. It was absolutely incredible to see such a phenomenon. It was well worth the 5.5 hour drive there and 7.5 hour drive back (traffic from fellow eclipse chasers) to experience totality like that. This is the moment of totality in Gray Summit, MO...the only post-processing I did was to adjust contrast, brightness, etc. NO COMPOSITES in this one.
Hans Gouws 8 years ago
#12 looks like some ISIS wanker watched Despicable Me and got a bit overly ambitious.
Jay Davis 8 years ago
Beauty ! Congratulations. Best I have seen, including NASA
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Liz Cooper 8 years ago
Bored Panda folks, please do some fact-checking. Many of these are composite/ shopped photos from stock images, with past eclipses superimposed on other backgrounds. There are plenty of real photos of the 2017 eclipse that are spectacular, please feature those instead!
Jose Castro 8 years ago
I saw it firsthand on the path and it does not look like any of these pictures. Stop making the sun bigger than it really is in real life. It does not look like any of these pictures.
lasagna's underrated 8 years ago
Yes it did, but I do agree most we're at least slightly edited. Here's an awesome one that's not edited in any way.
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Bryan Bogle 8 years ago
Mine from Casper, WY. Only cropped and increased contrast a bit. IMG_3251_C...889135.jpg 
Glenda Jasper 8 years ago
Whatever however it was taken nothing was left to the imaginations of billions we were all in AHA
Oscar Teliz 8 years ago
Best pictures, in my humble opinion are 2, 7, 17 and 32. Some of the others were either photoshoped or double exposed. Good work, all of them.
Juanita Ludke 8 years ago
Al Roper from NBC was on board air craft carrier in Charlotte SC. I saw on TV the eclipse in one part of screen and lightning in the distance at the same time. Best video of the 2017 in my opinion since sun was covered by moon and clouds for a moment so no corona, total blackness except for the lightning. Awesome!
Bertha Lowry 8 years ago
I thank everyone that shares their pics of the eclipse. In Nova Scotia I never saw it. Once again thank yo to all for sharing
Stuart Perks 8 years ago
East coast but the sun was shining in my hand 20170821_1...11bee5.jpg 
Stuart Perks 8 years ago
Western New York was hot but not much of the eclipse but I held I in my hand 20170821_1...850910.jpg 
8 years ago
YOU GUYS ARE LUCKY TO EVEN TOOK A FANTASTIC SHOT, AND I WAS LUCKY TO SEE JUST YOUR PHOTOS. SADLIFE
Terry Vickers 8 years ago
#38 has the caption backwards. That should say "The Moon Swallowing the Sun."
Monique DiCarlo 8 years ago
I had a canvas out for use with the pinhole, turns out, our tree was the best pinhole! 21015898_1...0b3837.jpg 
Bill Byrnes 8 years ago
This guy has some great pics as well. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209414415468266&set=a.1542972385181.2068554.1561128595&type=3
Sharry OhOh 8 years ago
Here's my total eclipse of the heart shot! <3 Pretty Amazing huh? :-) 21015795_1...e322f6.jpg 
Sharry OhOh 8 years ago
Here's my solar eclipse of the heart shot! <3 Pretty Amazing huh? :-) 21015795_1...68300c.jpg 
Robert Wallis 8 years ago
#1 is a blatant fake. It's wrong on about 4 different levels; perspective sizing of the sun and plane don't match; the contrails should be same brightness all the way across; exposure of the bottom of the plane doessn't jibe with being what should be a backlit silhouette, and finally the jet would have to be flying close to 90 degrees to the ground to get that angle. Think about what angle the sun was at close to totality and how a plane would have to be aligned between the sun and viewer to get that straight on look. Bogus as a $3 bill.
Anne de Winnaar 8 years ago
It's not even a contrail - it's a geoengineering chemical trail. We are being sprayed with chemicals. Look up the psychopath David Keith.
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Mary Ridings Guarino 8 years ago
Took this one with the selfie mode on my phone... you can see the outline of the moon which I think is cool moon-599c5...13bc2e.jpg 
Mary Ridings Guarino 8 years ago
Another one I like eclipse-59...28163d.jpg 
Jim Clark 8 years ago
cool pics but i would say this one is the best . 82nd Airborne did a jump during the eclipse. 20915517_1...cbaec0.jpg 
Angie Rayfield 8 years ago
They might have, but that's not a picture of it. That's a composite.
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Teri Slover 8 years ago
you must live in the south as those in the north don't start for another week or two.
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Mary Ann Courville 8 years ago
I did not take this.....but it is a reminder....
that HE is the one who created ALL things. 2017-eclip...11dc47.jpg 
Sean Murray 8 years ago
That's not a real photo. How gullible are you people?! Damn.
Load More Replies... Angie Rayfield 8 years ago
A better title would be "10+ Best Photoshop Jobs of the 2017 Eclipse," because the overwhelming majority of them are faked.
Ray Tisdale 8 years ago
I'm a pilot and professional photographer, so I figured I would combine the two! I flew a plane up to 14,000 feet (above the haze and clouds) over South Carolina and took these four images. eclipse-co...2a3a22.jpg
Adam Milton 8 years ago
Thanks for the legit image, they are rare coin these days. For the rest of you get on to shutter stock and start making some composites like the rest of the Instagram hookers.
Load More Replies... Flinkie 8 years ago
You guys in America are super lucky to have seen this! The eclipse sure looks awesome in all these pics!
Randy Phillips 8 years ago
I felt very fortunate to have been able to see the eclipse. It is as awesome as people say and well worth the travel, ( not far for me ) and missing a day of work ( no PTO )
Load More Replies... Angie Rayfield 8 years ago
A more appropriate title would be "The 10+ Best Photoshops of Eclipse Pictures of 2017," because most of these are composites.
Adam Milton 8 years ago
Agreed the close up are a little in doubt because you can't tell scale but most stock images of total eclipses are done like this to be inserted where needed but definite cons: #2 bollocks, #5 bollocks, #6 double-exposure bollocks #10 potential composite stolen from the actual photographer bollocks, can't %100 confirm but i've seen this exact image without the foreground (because zoomed in to this size you would not see this kind of foreground detail or comparitive size) from an entirely different photographer.
Load More Replies... Adam Milton 8 years ago
Compared to most of the other "eclipse" images coming up in the feed today, this is factual.
Load More Replies... Sarah Collas 8 years ago
I was shure I would find the picture of donald trump starring into the eclipse here
Sophie G 8 years ago
meh think the sun revolves around him and can't handle this kind of competition
Load More Replies... lasagna's underrated 8 years ago
I went to Wyoming and faced my phobia of heights to go up on a mountain just to see it. I just got back fromJFK at 2:00 am.
lasagna's underrated 8 years ago
I got this beautiful shot there. IMG_1313-5...65-png.jpg
GLTaylor 8 years ago
Mine came out purple due to a lens flare in a pic I took just before this one. I'm in SoCal so I only had a partial eclipse but I'm glad I remembered my ND filter before it was too late! EclipseFBC...bb5263.jpg
Julie Julie 8 years ago
Loved the photos. People need to stop calling every shot "shopped". 1) it's called edited, 2) most photos you see these days are edited (damn, don't you use filters for your instagram photos?!), 3) it's part of the art of photography - whether you approve of it or not, digital painting and heavy photo editing to create composite images and using multiple exposure are very common these days. If you really want to point out something out of the ordinary, point out raw unedited photos.
Jack Hurley 8 years ago
Julie...superimposing two photos onto each other and trying to pass them off as one, is FAKE..plain and simple. That is not edited. Using your insanely stupid logic, those photos of Oprah Winfrey's head on a skinny model's body is a real photo simply because it is pieces of actual photos? The last one especially is HILARIOUSLY fake.
Load More Replies... Justin Snyder 8 years ago
I'm a documentary photographer and captured the ongoings in New York at the Rose Center for Earth and Space. Wanted to share the images with you guys: http://justinsnyderphoto.com/solar-eclipse-photography/ Best-Solar...95c625.jpg
Michael Cuffe 8 years ago
This was mine... Instagram @MikeCuffe Facebook.com/MikeCuffe EclipseFin...573606.jpg
Jay Davis 8 years ago
Here is one where I was at 99 percent totality. You can see flares and bailey's beads. But next time lower ISO . Was taken without a filter at 800 ISO (mistake) and 6000 of a second shutter. eclipse17-...f72fd0.jpg
Jay Davis 8 years ago
I'm really impressed people noticed the photo, not my spelling!
Load More Replies... Toby Fernsler 8 years ago
I've been sun-gazing for years, and wasn't going to let some filter get in the way of a full experience. Here's what I saw with my eyes, which no camera seems able to capture. 2017-08-21...c6-png.jpg
Stephen Theis 8 years ago
To God be the Glory!!! Taken at the Rocksprings Baptist Church, Easley, SC 17Eclipse-...351be0.jpg
Doctor Mike 8 years ago
Almost all are fake!!!!!!!!!!! For example, the time lapse from Oregon. The sun did not move a full 20 degrees in the sky during the 2 minutes of totality. Not possible unless daylight lasts a total of 45 minutes a day.
Richard Chalk 8 years ago
Here's a great one! NOT photoshopped, enhanced or modified/faked whatsoever. Just a "real deal" stunning accident from Nashville! Eclipse-20...163e22.jpg
Ryan Witkos 8 years ago
#6 is photoshopped, impossible to have that zoomed in of an image with a landscape shot.
Stacey Powers 8 years ago
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100259000208770&set=a.528538103710.2039894.46900223&type=3&theater
Pat Desson 8 years ago
Thank you for capturing and sharing these magnificent photos!!! They take my breath away and leave me in awe.
Kadesh Hendricksen 8 years ago
From my back yard. I got it full size and on my shirt! I like to think maybe the ISS is on my shirt too. ;P Sight_2017...41d4c2.jpg
Kristin Urban 8 years ago
Check out this amazing picture from El Hicks Photography. A wonderful capture on his end. Solar flares included! https://www.facebook.com/elhicksphotography/photos/a.534836286571309.1073741835.428778860510386/1392442380810691/?type=3&theater
Lexi Jones 8 years ago
YOU NEED TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO TOOK THESE PHOTOGRAPHS!!! NOW!!!!!!!!!! The collection is stunning and credit NEEDS to be given where it is deserved!!!
Vladimir Anatolyevich 8 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xltsN6sv_Ig Plane in front of eclipse. and photo https://flic.kr/p/XJNJBk
Kasia Nitschke 8 years ago
How do you upload photos? I took some awful photos of the Eclipse but few nice ones of the Cresent shaped shadows
Ron G 8 years ago
Signed up just so I could share. Can't seem to figure out how to add to the list so I will leave it as a comment. At the very last second, the moon went pink for me. Eclipse-cr...868f37.jpg
Jesse Dunn 8 years ago
Real photo I shot with a DSLR and very minimal post-processing: DSC_0117pr...01cb98.jpg
Jesse Dunn 8 years ago
"Diamond Ring" photo I shot with DSLR; minimal post-processing. DSC_0118pr...e56947.jpg
Joseph Eschman 8 years ago
There is no way in hell that #2, #6, or #10 are real. The moon is not that close to the Earth.
Joseph Eschman 8 years ago
There is no way in hell that #2, #6, or #10 are real. The sun/moon are not that close to Earth.
Jayne Newton 8 years ago
We captured this frame from our video camera seconds the total eclipse was ending near Clemson, SC. Eclipse-5-...f8fad9.jpg
Jordan Allen 8 years ago
Short video taken during the 2017 Solar Eclipse. I didn't get the famous "moon blocking the sun shot" as I really wasn't in the right location to do so. However, I managed to capture something visually pleasing. All flares created in camera using an 8-point star filter on the lens. LINK: https://youtu.be/xsBheLJNTSE OR THE NERDS: Camera: Blackmagic CInema Camera (EF Mount) Lens: Vintage Vivitar 35mm - 70mm lens Star Filter: Zomei 8-Point (Thread Size: 77mm)
Michael Cuffe 8 years ago
This was mine... Facebook.com/MikeCuffe Instagram: @MikeCuffe EclipseFin...75665c.jpg
Harsh Wardhan 8 years ago
I was blessed to be in Varanasi on July 22, 2009 to see the solar eclipse. It was one of the places where complete viewing was predicted although it was not the best place. A village in Bihar was the hot spot in India & prediction was that China will have the best view. I & my elder daughter decided to take a chance at Varanasi & we were not disappointed. We had never seen so many people in our life. There were millions of people right from the Mughal Sarai railway station to the Ganga Ghats. We could manage a vantage point & were ready to shoot the eclipse. Unfortunately it started pouring from the dark cloudy skies. Surprisingly the moment eclipse started clouds over the sun cleared out & rain stopped. I could photograph the whole eclipse, every stage of this amazing surreal natural event. I will never forget the darkness at the time of totality & a big “”AHH”” coming out of awestruck millions watching the event. It was interesting to photograph the people taking holy bath & praying; 07-Totalit...8c4e29.jpg
Dirk Snyder 8 years ago
You might want to edit the caption on #3.The plural form of phenomenon is phenomena.
Kathy Baker 8 years ago
What I noticed from nature. My chickens went into their coop and a few of the roosters ran then out as if saying. "It's not night time yet!". The birds were quiet for a minute and when the sun started to reserfice they started chirping like morning. My dog layed in the yard and enjoyed it, you could tell he knew something was up and he took it all in.
Steve Ginn 8 years ago
The "Smarter Every Day" channel on youtube were the ones who photographed the space station transition - https://youtu.be/lepQoU4oek4
Jeff Spangler 8 years ago
The Moonshadows remind me of the Cat Stephens (now Yusuf Islam) song. Dancing with them reminds me of Van Morrison's Moondance.\
Jeff Spangler 8 years ago
The Moonshadows remind me of the Cat Stephens (now Yusuf Islam) song. Dancing with them reminds me of Van Morrison's Moondance.
Susanne Peters 8 years ago
I'm from Chicago and two of my fellow photographers and I trekked to Missouri to see it. It was absolutely incredible to see such a phenomenon. It was well worth the 5.5 hour drive there and 7.5 hour drive back (traffic from fellow eclipse chasers) to experience totality like that. This is the moment of totality in Gray Summit, MO...the only post-processing I did was to adjust contrast, brightness, etc. NO COMPOSITES in this one.
Hans Gouws 8 years ago
#12 looks like some ISIS wanker watched Despicable Me and got a bit overly ambitious.
Jay Davis 8 years ago
Beauty ! Congratulations. Best I have seen, including NASA
Load More Replies... Liz Cooper 8 years ago
Bored Panda folks, please do some fact-checking. Many of these are composite/ shopped photos from stock images, with past eclipses superimposed on other backgrounds. There are plenty of real photos of the 2017 eclipse that are spectacular, please feature those instead!
Jose Castro 8 years ago
I saw it firsthand on the path and it does not look like any of these pictures. Stop making the sun bigger than it really is in real life. It does not look like any of these pictures.
lasagna's underrated 8 years ago
Yes it did, but I do agree most we're at least slightly edited. Here's an awesome one that's not edited in any way.
Load More Replies... Bryan Bogle 8 years ago
Mine from Casper, WY. Only cropped and increased contrast a bit. IMG_3251_C...889135.jpg
Glenda Jasper 8 years ago
Whatever however it was taken nothing was left to the imaginations of billions we were all in AHA
Oscar Teliz 8 years ago
Best pictures, in my humble opinion are 2, 7, 17 and 32. Some of the others were either photoshoped or double exposed. Good work, all of them.
Juanita Ludke 8 years ago
Al Roper from NBC was on board air craft carrier in Charlotte SC. I saw on TV the eclipse in one part of screen and lightning in the distance at the same time. Best video of the 2017 in my opinion since sun was covered by moon and clouds for a moment so no corona, total blackness except for the lightning. Awesome!
Bertha Lowry 8 years ago
I thank everyone that shares their pics of the eclipse. In Nova Scotia I never saw it. Once again thank yo to all for sharing
Stuart Perks 8 years ago
East coast but the sun was shining in my hand 20170821_1...11bee5.jpg
Stuart Perks 8 years ago
Western New York was hot but not much of the eclipse but I held I in my hand 20170821_1...850910.jpg
8 years ago
YOU GUYS ARE LUCKY TO EVEN TOOK A FANTASTIC SHOT, AND I WAS LUCKY TO SEE JUST YOUR PHOTOS. SADLIFE
Terry Vickers 8 years ago
#38 has the caption backwards. That should say "The Moon Swallowing the Sun."
Monique DiCarlo 8 years ago
I had a canvas out for use with the pinhole, turns out, our tree was the best pinhole! 21015898_1...0b3837.jpg
Bill Byrnes 8 years ago
This guy has some great pics as well. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209414415468266&set=a.1542972385181.2068554.1561128595&type=3
Sharry OhOh 8 years ago
Here's my total eclipse of the heart shot! <3 Pretty Amazing huh? :-) 21015795_1...e322f6.jpg
Sharry OhOh 8 years ago
Here's my solar eclipse of the heart shot! <3 Pretty Amazing huh? :-) 21015795_1...68300c.jpg
Robert Wallis 8 years ago
#1 is a blatant fake. It's wrong on about 4 different levels; perspective sizing of the sun and plane don't match; the contrails should be same brightness all the way across; exposure of the bottom of the plane doessn't jibe with being what should be a backlit silhouette, and finally the jet would have to be flying close to 90 degrees to the ground to get that angle. Think about what angle the sun was at close to totality and how a plane would have to be aligned between the sun and viewer to get that straight on look. Bogus as a $3 bill.
Anne de Winnaar 8 years ago
It's not even a contrail - it's a geoengineering chemical trail. We are being sprayed with chemicals. Look up the psychopath David Keith.
Load More Replies... Mary Ridings Guarino 8 years ago
Took this one with the selfie mode on my phone... you can see the outline of the moon which I think is cool moon-599c5...13bc2e.jpg
Mary Ridings Guarino 8 years ago
Another one I like eclipse-59...28163d.jpg
Jim Clark 8 years ago
cool pics but i would say this one is the best . 82nd Airborne did a jump during the eclipse. 20915517_1...cbaec0.jpg
Angie Rayfield 8 years ago
They might have, but that's not a picture of it. That's a composite.
Load More Replies... Teri Slover 8 years ago
you must live in the south as those in the north don't start for another week or two.
Load More Replies... Mary Ann Courville 8 years ago
I did not take this.....but it is a reminder....
that HE is the one who created ALL things. 2017-eclip...11dc47.jpg
Sean Murray 8 years ago
That's not a real photo. How gullible are you people?! Damn.
Load More Replies... Angie Rayfield 8 years ago
A better title would be "10+ Best Photoshop Jobs of the 2017 Eclipse," because the overwhelming majority of them are faked.
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