Photos: 2026 solar eclipse

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Eclipse — Solar eclipse FALMOUTH, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12: Image of the sun as it appears through the lens of a pair of solar eclipse glasses on August 12, 2026 in Falmouth, England. The partial solar eclipse is the most coverage during an eclipse viewed from the UK since 1999, with the moon covering 90-96% of the sun. Being situated in the far south west of the UK, people in Falmouth, Cornwall have the opportunity to watch the partial eclipse at a particularly high level of totality, with around 95 percent of the sun obscured. (Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images) (Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)

Eclipse — Solar eclipse FALMOUTH, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12: Passengers on board the Princessa pleasure boat try out their solar eclipse glasses on August 12, 2026 in Falmouth, England. The partial solar eclipse is the most coverage during an eclipse viewed from the UK since 1999, with the moon covering 90-96% of the sun. Being situated in the far south west of the UK, people in Falmouth, Cornwall have the opportunity to watch the partial eclipse at a particularly high level of totality, with around 95 percent of the sun obscured. (Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images) (Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)

Eclipse — Solar eclipse HODGDON, MAINE - AUGUST 15: (EDITOR'S NOTE: This Handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images' editorial policy.) In this NASA handout, the Sun during a partial solar eclipse, partially obscured by clouds, the International Space Station, with a crew of seven onboard, is seen in silhouette as it transits at roughly five miles per second on August 12, 2026, near Hodgdon, Maine. Onboard as part of Expedition 75 are: NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Anil Menon, and Jack Hathaway; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot; and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov, Andrey Fedyaev, and Anna Kikina. A total solar eclipse swept across parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal. A Partial eclipse was visible in parts of the U.S., most of Canada, much of Europe, and northwest Africa. (Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images) (NASA/Getty Images via NASA)

Eclipse — Solar eclipse FALMOUTH, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12: Members of the public gather on Gyllyngvase Beach to watch the partial solar eclipseon August 12, 2026 in Falmouth, England. The partial solar eclipse is the most coverage during an eclipse viewed from the UK since 1999, with the moon covering 90-96% of the sun. Being situated in the far south west of the UK, people in Falmouth, Cornwall have the opportunity to watch the partial eclipse at a particularly high level of totality, with around 95 percent of the sun obscured. (Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images) (Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)

Eclipse — Solar eclipse FALMOUTH, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12: A member of the public shows the four pairs of solar eclipse glasses they bought from a stall on Custom House Quay, on August 12, 2026 in Falmouth, England. The partial solar eclipse is the most coverage during an eclipse viewed from the UK since 1999, with the moon covering 90-96% of the sun. Being situated in the far south west of the UK, people in Falmouth, Cornwall have the opportunity to watch the partial eclipse at a particularly high level of totality, with around 95 percent of the sun obscured. (Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images) (Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)

August 12, 2026 at 2:17 pm EDT

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