The April 8 solar eclipse that appeared over North America this week has been one of the highlights of the astronomy calendar.
Travel writer Yvette Cook made her way to Kerrville, Texas, to share her experience of the solar eclipse with us, but the rest of the BBC Sky at Night Magazine team could only stare in awe at the incredible images that rolled in via social media before, during and after totality.
From our office in a very drizzly southwest of England, glorious images of clear skies and total solar eclipses were a welcome relief.
Here are some of the best April 8 solar eclipse photos we've seen so far.
Did you capture April 8 solar eclipse photos? Don't forget to send us your images
Fish-eye lens view of the April 8 2024 solar eclipse from Nazas, Mexico. Credit: Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
If you managed to observe the solar eclipse from North America - or indeed from the UK and Ireland, we'd love to include your images in our online gallery.
You can send them to us at contactus@skyatnightmagazine and we'll include them here. Please make sure to send your name, location, equipment and any other interesting info.
Thanks again to everyone who emailed, tagged us and shared their stories and images with us this week.
And if you've got a taste for totality, read our guide to find out when the next eclipse is happening.
April 8 2024 solar eclipse photos
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A composite showing the phases of the April 8 2024 solar eclipse as the Moon crosses the Sun. Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images
Pembroke, MA - April 8: An in-camera multiple exposure sequence of an hour showing seven stages of the solar eclipse through different amounts of totality as seen over a snow goose weathervane on a cupola. (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
An eclipse-watcher photographs a projection of the April 8 eclipse with their smartphone, Veracruz, Mexico. Credit: Hector Quintanar/Getty Images
Clouds and the eclipse, April 8 2024, La Paz, Mexico. Photo by Alfredo Martinez/Getty Images
A crescent of the total solar eclipse, Fort Worth, Texas, April 2024. Credit: Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images
Solar eclipse of April 8 2024, Nazas, Mexico. Photo by: Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
An eclipse chaser projects the shadows of the April 8 2024 solar eclipse onto their hand, Nazas, Mexico. Credit: Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Fish-eye lens view of the April 8 2024 solar eclipse from Nazas, Mexico. Credit: Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
An eclipse crescent appears during the total solar eclipse of April 8 2024, captured from Lake Carmi, Vermont. Credit: Noam Galai/Getty Images
Total solar eclipse of April 8 2024 from Lake Carmi, Vermont, USA. Credit: Noam Galai/Getty Images)
The diamond ring effect is visible as totality ends during the April 8 2024 solar eclipse, Eagle Pass, texas, USA. Crdit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images
Mark Forrest captured this image of the April 8 total solar eclipse from Cape Girardeau in Missouri, USA with a Nikon D5300camera and 600mm lens.
Chirag Bachani captured this view of the April 8 2024 solar eclipse from Olney, Illinois, USA. Equipment: Canon R6ii camera, Sigma EF 120-300mm lens f2.8 with EF-RF adapter
A composite of two images showing the total solar eclipse of April 8 2024, captured from Mazatlan, Mexico. Image of totality to the left captured shortly after second contact and image to the right shortly before third contact. Equipment: Sony A7R3, Sony 200-600mm.
Conrad Sanders captured this image of the April 8 eclipse from Fort Worth, Texas, USA using a Lunt 60mm telescope with Seymour Solar Filter and iPhone through the eyepiece.
Earthshine during the April 8 total solar eclipse, captured with several long and short exposures by Harley Grady, Hillsboro, Texas, USA. Equipment: TS Optics CF APO 90mm refractor, Fuji XH2 mirroless camera.
Corona of the April 8 solar eclipse captured by Sonali Deshmukh, Greenwood, Indiana, USA, with a Canon R6 camera, 400mm lens, f8, ISO 100, 1/8s
Montage showing the phases of the April 8 2024 total solar eclipse, by Mitchell Bowden, Plano, Texas, USA. Equipment: Canon EOS T7, RedCat 51 telescope (250mm, f4.9), ZWO AM3 mount
The Diamond Ring effect at 3rd contact during the April 8 solar eclipse, captured by Behyar Bakhshandeh, Ennis, Texas, USA. Equipment: Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 300 F/4 USM, Canon 1.4 Extender III
Still from a video of the April 8 solar eclipse captured by Tony Wilson, Pueblo Bonito Emerald Bay, Mazatlan, Mexico. Captuered with an iPhone 13 and Vaonis Hestia.
Corona of the total solar eclipse on April 8 2024 captured by Sam Lino, Austin, Texas, USA. Equipment: Fujifilm Xpro3, Fujifilm XF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 R LM OIS WR Lens
Shadows of the April 8 solar eclipse captured by Becky Ragsdale Winston, Georgia, USA, with an iPhone 15 Pro Max.
April 8 solar eclipse captured by Becky Ragsdale Winston, Georgia, USA, with an iPhone 15 Pro Max.
Prominces of the April 8 solar eclipse captured by Martin Griffiths, Eagle Pass, Texas, USA, with a Canon 400D DSLR camera attached to 80mm f5.6 Skywatcher refractor. ISO 400 exposures at 1/5th second.
Diamond ring with prominences during the April 8 total solar eclipse, captured by Sonali Deshmukh, Greenwood, Indiana, USA, with a Canon R6 camera, 400mm lens, f8, ISO 160, 1/1000s
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A composite showing the phases of the April 8 2024 solar eclipse as the Moon crosses the Sun. Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty ImagesPembroke, MA - April 8: An in-camera multiple exposure sequence of an hour showing seven stages of the solar eclipse through different amounts of totality as seen over a snow goose weathervane on a cupola. (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)An eclipse-watcher photographs a projection of the April 8 eclipse with their smartphone, Veracruz, Mexico. Credit: Hector Quintanar/Getty ImagesClouds and the eclipse, April 8 2024, La Paz, Mexico. Photo by Alfredo Martinez/Getty ImagesA crescent of the total solar eclipse, Fort Worth, Texas, April 2024. Credit: Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty ImagesSolar eclipse of April 8 2024, Nazas, Mexico. Photo by: Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesAn eclipse chaser projects the shadows of the April 8 2024 solar eclipse onto their hand, Nazas, Mexico. Credit: Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesFish-eye lens view of the April 8 2024 solar eclipse from Nazas, Mexico. Credit: Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesAn eclipse crescent appears during the total solar eclipse of April 8 2024, captured from Lake Carmi, Vermont. Credit: Noam Galai/Getty ImagesTotal solar eclipse of April 8 2024 from Lake Carmi, Vermont, USA. Credit: Noam Galai/Getty ImagesThe diamond ring effect is visible as totality ends during the April 8 2024 solar eclipse, Eagle Pass, texas, USA. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty ImagesMark Forrest captured this image of the April 8 total solar eclipse from Cape Girardeau in Missouri, USA with a Nikon D5300camera and 600mm lens.Chirag Bachani captured this view of the April 8 2024 solar eclipse from Olney, Illinois, USA. Equipment: Canon R6ii camera, Sigma EF 120-300mm lens f2.8 with EF-RF adapterA composite of two images showing the total solar eclipse of April 8 2024, captured from Mazatlan, Mexico. Image of totality to the left captured shortly after second contact and image to the right shortly before third contact. Equipment: Sony A7R3, Sony 200-600mm.Conrad Sanders captured this image of the April 8 eclipse from Fort Worth, Texas, USA using a Lunt 60mm telescope with Seymour Solar Filter and iPhone through the eyepiece.Earthshine during the April 8 total solar eclipse, captured with several long and short exposures by Harley Grady, Hillsboro, Texas, USA. Equipment: TS Optics CF APO 90mm refractor, Fuji XH2 mirroless camera.Corona of the April 8 solar eclipse captured by Sonali Deshmukh, Greenwood, Indiana, USA, with a Canon R6 camera, 400mm lens, f8, ISO 100, 1/8sMontage showing the phases of the April 8 2024 total solar eclipse, by Mitchell Bowden, Plano, Texas, USA. Equipment: Canon EOS T7, RedCat 51 telescope (250mm, f4.9), ZWO AM3 mountThe Diamond Ring effect at 3rd contact during the April 8 solar eclipse, captured by Behyar Bakhshandeh, Ennis, Texas, USA. Equipment: Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 300 F/4 USM, Canon 1.4 Extender IIIStill from a video of the April 8 solar eclipse captured by Tony Wilson, Pueblo Bonito Emerald Bay, Mazatlan, Mexico. Captuered with an iPhone 13 and Vaonis Hestia.Corona of the total solar eclipse on April 8 2024 captured by Sam Lino, Austin, Texas, USA. Equipment: Fujifilm Xpro3, Fujifilm XF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 R LM OIS WR LensShadows of the April 8 solar eclipse captured by Becky Ragsdale Winston, Georgia, USA, with an iPhone 15 Pro Max.April 8 solar eclipse captured by Becky Ragsdale Winston, Georgia, USA, with an iPhone 15 Pro Max.Prominces of the April 8 solar eclipse captured by Martin Griffiths, Eagle Pass, Texas, USA, with a Canon 400D DSLR camera attached to 80mm f5.6 Skywatcher refractor. ISO 400 exposures at 1/5th second.Diamond ring with prominences during the April 8 total solar eclipse, captured by Sonali Deshmukh, Greenwood, Indiana, USA, with a Canon R6 camera, 400mm lens, f8, ISO 160, 1/1000s
