The Best Total Solar Eclipse Photos

The arrival of the total solar eclipse in the US has brought with it an impressive array of photographs as well. If you weren’t able to find a spot to view the eclipse in person—or if it was stuck behind uncooperative clouds—you can at least get a sense of its grandeur through these photographs taken at different points along its journey.

The path of totality began in Mexico on Monday morning, working its way up through Texas by early afternoon. By 4:40 pm ET, it will have left the US entirely and headed into Canada. If you’re in or near its path, make sure to put on approved sunglasses—or make your own pinhole—to view it for yourself. And if you happen to have pets or live near wildlife, NASA could use a hand figuring out how animals respond to the eclipse.

Otherwise, enjoy these incredible photos of a total solar eclipse in North America. The next one is 20 years away.

Brady, TX

Fort Worth, TX

Photograph: Ron Jenkins/Getty Images

San Francisco, CA

Photograph: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Getty Images

Milwaukee, WI

Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Bloomington, IN

Photograph: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images

Washington, DC

Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Photograph: Bill Ingalls/NASA/Getty Images

New York, NY

Photograph: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Photograph: Timothy A. Clary/Getty Images

Niagara Falls, NY

Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images

Stowe, VT

Photograph: Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images