The eclipse stunned millions of people across the planet yesterday but none had as good a view as those in the ISS. <\/p>\n
Now a photograph of the eclipse has been released by the station's astronauts, taken 250 miles up from the Earth. <\/p>\n
It shows the umbra, the Moons shadow, passing across the planet, leaving a portion of the land below in sheer darkness. <\/p>\n
While the majority of the planet is shown bathed in light, one patch is captured from space as a black dot. <\/p>\n
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The eclipse was partially visible in different areas across the globe, including the UK, but a total eclipse was visible in the US, where it was referred to as the Great American Eclipse. <\/p>\n
The darkest path, where Americans witnessed the total eclipse, stretched all the way from Oregon on the West Coast to South Carolina on the East Coast. <\/p>\n
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A multiple exposure image shows the solar eclipse as it creates the effect of a diamond ring at totality as seen from Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee <\/p>\n
The total path of totality passed through Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina. <\/p>\n
it was the first time since 1979 a total eclipse was visible from anywhere in mainland America, and the first time since 1918 it was visible across the length of the entire country. <\/p>\n
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Even US president Donald Trump took time out to witness the eclipse from the balcony of the White House with his wife Melania and youngest child Baron. <\/p>\n
Ignoring advice, he chose to look directly at the Sun without any eye protection, grimacing slightly before looking away and putting on sunglasses. <\/p>\n
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