Watch: Total solar eclipse videos and photos take internet by storm

Some Caribbean countries, Colombia, Venezuela, Spain, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, and Iceland could see a partial eclipse.

Take a look at these videos capturing the ‘once-in-a-lifetime,’ occurrence:

Total Solar Eclipse seen from Airplane. pic.twitter.com/LH1dVUj3vn

— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) April 8, 2024

In this video posted on social media platform X, the total solar eclipse was visible during a flight. One user wrote, “this really making us realize how small and insignificant we actually are.”

On the same post, another user expressed, “Bro this is so beautiful what.. I could watch this all day.”

@PhysInHistory explained how it is a rare event where the Moon perfectly aligns with the Sun. The reason this happens is a remarkable coincidence—-even though the Moon is much smaller than the Sun, it’s also much closer to Earth. This means they appear roughly the same size in the sky. But it gets even more interesting! The Moon doesn’t orbit Earth in a perfect circle; its path is more like an oval. This means sometimes it’s closer to Earth, sometimes farther away. This affects how we see eclipses – sometimes they’re total, sometimes partial.

The one in a trillion coincidence that makes total solar eclipses possible:

the Moon’s diameter is 400 times less than the Sun’s diameter, yet it is also 400 times nearer to Earth.#SolarEclipse2024 pic.twitter.com/B5Z4g4XOyy

— Physics In History (@PhysInHistory) April 9, 2024

Luckily, the Sun’s size hasn’t changed much over time, which is vital for these eclipses to keep happening. But there’s a twist: the Moon is slowly moving away from Earth. Eventually, in billions of years, this drift will stop total eclipses from happening altogether.

Another post on X shared a thread of pictures and videos captured by photographers and social media users in Cleveland, Montreal, New York City, Dallas and many more.

Solar Eclipse 2024 – a thread 🧵

1. Cleveland by Gabe Wasylko pic.twitter.com/KyQmcS0zP8

— James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) April 8, 2024

The Great American Solar Eclipse of 2024.

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We viewed the #TotalSolarEclipse in New Hampshire, where we captured some incredible video. My favorite part is at the 3:03 mark. 🌞🌚 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/ltmcsJJIcM

— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) April 9, 2024

Podcast host Rudy W Guiliani also shared a video from New Hampshire of the total solar eclipse.

Many other users also shared their thoughts along with the videos on how they were able to view it.

I will NEVER forget April 8th, 2024. Those who know me will know I’m obsessed with astronomy, the universe, planets, eclipses. This was truly a Blessing for all of us in The DFW witnessing this spectacular total solar eclipse. Billions of people will never experience it. What… pic.twitter.com/VgRG1mE2RC

— Melissa Monologues (@MelMonologues) April 9, 2024

Instagram user @stevendavisjr shared in a post, “2024 North American Solar Eclipse! 🌑🌞 April 8, 2024. Even though the weather did not cooperate fully, it was still pretty epic to witness some of the 88% partial eclipse from the yard. The partial cloud cover made for some interesting shots and helped make the sun spots easier to see. Here’s a set of 8 of my best shots, a collage and a still frame timelapse of 24 shots at the end. Please check out my story for more timelapse’s.”

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Another user on Instagram shared a video from Dallas, Texas and she captioned it, “Totality in Dallas today. THIS IS THE BEST solar eclipse coverage I’ve seen all day. I felt the same way watching it. It was unreal.”

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On the video, one user said, “She got the perfect shot and experience.” Another added, “I ain’t even gonna hold yall, I went up on the roof of my apt and yeah it’s just as dope as the video. You just had to be there to watch the city go dark the way it did. Gotta love Dallas.”

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Many photographers took to Instagram and shared their photographs during the total solar eclipse. One video even shows a huge crowd gathered in New York to view the eclipse.

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However, solar eclipse could not be experience by those in India.