Solar Eclipse Photos 2017: Stunning Images from Across the United States

Depending on when you are reading this, the Great American Eclipse is either currently taking place, just took place or took place a while ago and you're feeling wistful about the first time an eclipse crossed the United States in 99 years. The entire continuous United States experienced at least a partial eclipse Monday afternoon, and those within a 70-mile-wide band crossing from Oregon to South Carolina had the pleasure of watching the moon black out the sun entirely. It's a pretty dang significant event, and you're goddamn right a bunch of awesome pictures were taken.

Related: A Roundup Of Newsweek's Coverage Of The Total Solar Eclipse

Behold:

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The first signs of the eclipse in Depoe Bay, Oregon. Mike Blake/Reuters
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Residents of Depoe Bay, Oregon, experience totality. Mike Blake/Retuers
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Totality in Depoe Bay, Oregon. Mike Blake/Reuters
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Nearing totality in Ross Lake, Washington. NASA via Reuters
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Nashville spectators get ready. Harrison McClary/Reuters
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We're not sure these eclipse glasses are ISO-approved, but we'll let it slide for Madison, who is watching from Nashville. Harrison McClary/Reuters
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An industrious onlooker in Nashville takes a camera-phone picture through his eclipse glasses. Harrison McClary/Reuters
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The total solar eclipse as seen in Madras, Oregon on August 21. NASA via Reuters
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Members of the media take in the eclipse in Washington, D.C. Yuri Gripas/Reuters
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A crowd takes in the eclipse in a Carbondale, Illinois, football stadium. Brian Snyder/Reuters
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Totality near Mitchell, Oregon. Adrees Latif/Reuters
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A silhouette of the International Space Station. NASA via Reuters
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President Trump approves. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

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