7 Solar Eclipse Images That Were NASA's Astronomy Picture Of The Day

Only those along the narrow track of the Moon's shadow on April 8 saw a total solar eclipse. These criss-crossing fronds in the shade of the palm tree project recognisable eclipse images on the ground. (Photo Credits: Lori Haffelt)

The series of images follow the Moon's edge from the start of the solar eclipse through the end of totality from Durango, Mexico on April 8, 2024. It also showcases the pinkish prominences of plasma arcing high above the edge of the Sun. (Photo Credits: Daniel Korona/NASA)

The image series depicts the progress of the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, which lasted about three minutes and 26 seconds. (Photo Credits: Xiafeng Tan/NASA)

Venus and Jupiter were easily visible right in line with the eclipsed Sun during the day on April 8, 2024. (Photo Credits: Stephane Vetter/NASA)

In 2017, Wyoming was one of the few locations which did not see predominant clouds during the solar eclipse. The image shows the corona of the Sun extending out past the central dark Moon. (Photo Credits: Ben Cooper/NASA)

Clicked on April 20, 2023, the image shows intricate layers and glowing caustics of an ever-changing mixture of hot gas and magnetic field with bright looping prominences appearing pink just around the Sun's limb. (Photo Credits: Phil Hart/NASA)

The image, clicked in 2021, shows the solar eclipse from the end of the Earth. The dark area of the sky surrounding the eclipsed Sun is called a shadow cone. (Photo Credits: Xavier Jubier/NASA