We want your eclipse pics! These are some of the best April 8 eclipse photos we’ve received, so far…

A selection of images captured during the April 8 2024 solar eclipse.

By Iain Todd

Published: Wednesday, 10 April 2024 at 12:28 PM

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.

There were even photos of the April 8 eclipse from space!

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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Solar eclipse of April 8 2024, Nazas, Mexico. Photo by: Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/Universal Images Group via 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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thanks to Mark Forrest for sending us this wonderful image of yesterday's total solar eclipse, captured from Cape Girardeau in Missouri, USA with a Nikon D5300camera and 600mm lens.
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.
A crescent of the total solar eclipse, Fort Worth, Texas, April 2024. Credit: Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images
A crescent of the total solar eclipse, Fort Worth, Texas, April 2024. Credit: Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images
Clouds and the eclipse, April 8 2024, La Paz, Mexico. Photo by Alfredo Martinez/Getty Images
Clouds and the eclipse, April 8 2024, La Paz, Mexico. Photo by Alfredo Martinez/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
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-watcher photographs a projection of the April 8 eclipse with their smartphone, Veracruz, Mexico. Credit: Hector Quintanar/Getty Images
An eclipse-watcher photographs a projection of the April 8 eclipse with their smartphone, Veracruz, Mexico. Credit: Hector Quintanar/Getty Images
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
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
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
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)
Total solar eclipse of April 8 2024 from Lake Carmi, Vermont, USA. Credit: Noam Galai/Getty Images)
Total solar eclipse of April 8 2024 from Lake Carmi, Vermont, USA. Credit: Noam Galai/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
An eclipse crescent appears during the total solar eclipse of April 8 2024, captured from Lake Carmi, Vermont. 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
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

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
The 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 Images
Thanks to Mark Forrest for sending us this wonderful image of yesterday's total solar eclipse, captured from Cape Girardeau in Missouri, USA with a Nikon D5300camera and 600mm lens.
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
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.
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.
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.