We went out to try to see the eclipse, but lost the sun to some clouds. Don’t fret, here are the top eclipse pictures from across the internet.
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- Hikers watch an annular eclipse in Phoenix yesterday. Picture: AP
- A helicopter returning from the Sunflower wildfire passes in front of the solar eclipse over Payson, Arizona. The largest of four Arizona fires, the Sunflower Fire, was all but extinguished and resources were being assigned to the other fires. (Jeff Robbins/Reuters)
- In this handout provided by NASA, sun spots are seen as the moon moves into a partial eclipse position after reaching annularity during the first annular eclipse seen in the U.S. since 1994 on May 20, 2012. Differing from a total solar eclipse, the moon in an annular eclipse appears too small to cover the sun completely, leaving a ring of fire effect around the moon. (JAXA/NASA/Hinode via Getty Images)
- A child looks at projections produced during an eclipse at Taipei Astronomical Museum May 21, 2012. The Chinese characters read, “Taipei.” (Pichi Chuang/Reuters)
- An eclipse is seen near the Oriental Pearl Tower at the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai May 21, 2012. (Aly Song/Reuters)
- Dennis Vitt, 38, looks at an annular eclipse through a welding mask in Los Angeles, California May 20, 2012. The sun and moon aligned over the earth in a rare astronomical event – an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)
- A tourist watches an annular eclipse through a solar viewer in Monument Valley Tribal Park in Utah. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)
- A partial eclipse is seen from a camera reflection behind a pickup near Flagstaff, Arizona. (Jason Lee/Reuters)
- The moon passes between the sun and the earth over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour during a solar eclipse seen from the Peak on Hong Kong Island May 21, 2012. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)
- In this handout provided by NASA, sun spots are seen as the moon moves into a full eclipse position after reaching annularity during the first annular eclipse seen in the U.S. since 1994 on May 20, 2012. Differing from a total solar eclipse, the moon in an annular eclipse appears too small to cover the sun completely, leaving a ring of fire effect around the moon. The eclipse is casting a shallow path crossing the West from west Texas to Oregon then arcing across the northern Pacific Ocean to Tokyo, Japan. (AXA/NASA/Hinode)
- People watch as a rare annular eclipse dims the sky, as the sun and moon align for “ring of fire” spectacle over the southwestern town of Kanarraville, Utah, May 20, 2012. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters)
- The moon passes between the sun and the earth behind a windmill near Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
- An annular eclipse is seen in Ciudad Juarez May 20, 2012. The sun and moon aligned over the earth in a rare astronomical event – an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire. (Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)
- A view of the annular solar eclipse in Xiamen in southeast China’s Fujian province, May 21, 2012. The annular solar eclipse lasted about over four minutes shortly after the sunrise. (EPA)
- An annular solar eclipse is seen from Tokyo on May 21, 2012 . For the first time in 932 years, a swathe of the country was able to see the annular solar eclipse, when the moon passes in front of the sun, blocking out all but an outer circle of light. (KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)
- An annular solar eclipse is seen from Tokyo on May 21, 2012 . For the first time in 932 years, a swathe of the country was able to see the annular solar eclipse, when the moon passes in front of the sun, blocking out all but an outer circle of light. (KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)
- The annular solar eclipse is seen from the coast of Xiamen, in China’s southeast province of Fujian on May 21, 2012. Millions turned their eyes to the sky on both sides of the Pacific as a solar eclipse created a “ring of fire” from Asia to the western United States. (AFP/Getty Images)
- This multi-exposure picture shows a solar eclipse, seen at Utsunomiya city in Tochigi prefecture, 100km north of Tokyo on May 21, 2012. Millions turned their eyes to the sky on both sides of the Pacific to gaze excitedly as a solar eclipse created a “ring of fire” at dawn in Asia and crept towards a darkening western United States. (JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)
- The moon begins moving away from the sun at 7:37 a.m, Monday, May 21, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan. (Yomiuri Shimbun/MCT)
- The moon appears to cover the sun during an annular eclipse of the sun May 20, 2012 from the Pueblo Bonito ancient building at Chaco Culture National Historical Park in Nageezi, Arizona. (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)
- Sun spots are seen as the moon moves into a partial eclipse position after reaching annularity during the first annular eclipse seen in the U.S. since 1994 on May 20, 2012 in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. (David McNew/Getty Images)
- This combination picture shows an annular solar eclipse seen from Tokyo on May 21, 2012. (KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/GettyI mages)
- Near Dog Beach in Huntington Beach CA. Life Guard Stand 24 is in the foreground. (Flickr: jimnista)
- A partial solar eclipse as seen during sunrise in the coastal town of Gumaca, Quezon province, southeast of Manila on May 21, 2012. Thousands turned their eyes to the sky on both sides of the Pacific to gaze excitedly as a partial eclipse occluded the sun at dawn in Asia and at dusk in the western United States. (TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)
- A composite of images of the first annular eclipse seen in the U.S. since 1994 shows several stages, left to right, as the eclipse passes through annularity and the sun changes color as it approaches sunset on May 20, 2012 in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. (David McNew/Getty Images)