Gorgeous (and terrifying) photos of the last solar eclipse of 2022
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On Tuesday (October 25), the moon’s shadow appeared to creep over the face of the sun during the last solar eclipse of 2022.
Although the eclipse was only partial, with most viewers seeing between 40% and 60% of the sun’s surface covered by the moon at the peak of the eclipse, the event nonetheless attracted the attention of sky watchers with cameras, telescopes and paper stars eclipses around the world. The eclipse was visible from much of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and western parts of Asia, starting in the UK at around 10am BST (9:00am UTC).
Although this was the last chance to see the Moon block the Sun until the end of 2022, the rest of the world will have a chance to see the total lunar eclipse in just a few weeks. On November 8, the lunar eclipse will be visible from North America, parts of South America, Central and East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
In the meantime, enjoy these stunning — and terrifying — photos of October’s greatest solar spectacle.
The moon’s shadow seen through some trees in Hyderabad, India is seen above the sun during the last partial eclipse of the year on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022.
The moon appears to take a bite out of the Sun the size of Pac-Man during a partial solar eclipse on October 25, 2022. This photo was taken in Jerusalem, Israel.
Dust floats in the air in Cairo, Egypt, during the last solar eclipse of the year on October 25, 2022.
On October 25, 2022, viewers in Russia saw about 86% of the Sun eclipsed by the Moon. Here in Moscow, a star ornament on top of a building creeps into the frame as the shadow of the moon falls on the sun.
A bird captures the last solar eclipse of the year in Ankara, Turkey on October 25, 2022.
Photographer Evrim Aydin also captured the ghostly silhouette of this crescent-shaped ornament atop a mosque in Ankara, Turkey, with the eclipsed sun in the background on October 25, 2022.
The moon covered a particularly large chunk of the sun for viewers in Erbil (also spelled Arbīl or Irbīl), the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan Region in Iraq, on October 25, 2022.
This composite photo shows multiple views of the partial solar eclipse over L’Aquila, Italy on October 25, 2022.
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