August Solar Eclipse Created Boat-Like Ripples in Earth's Atmosphere

Aboard the plane following the eclipse's shadow, Tafreshi captures a passenger peering at the pale ring of the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona.

The 361 residents of Oceanside, Oregon were among the first to see the eclipse. The last eclipse to cross the entire country was in 1918.

People gather to watch the eclipse just outside of Jackson, Wyoming, where totality lasted for just over two minutes at 11:35 a.m.

Though photographers should use solar filters on their cameras when documenting partial phases, an unfiltered telephoto lens can safely capture totality.

"It was cloudy this morning," says photographer Randy Olson of this shot taken from Oceanside. "Our cliff was the only place in the county above the fog."

People gather to watch the eclipse in Dillard, Georgia.

The sun's first rays emerge from behind the moon, while the corona is still visible, as totality passes over Jackson, Wyoming.

A woman wears a welding mask to protect her eyes while watching the partial eclipse from Red Hook, Brooklyn.

The sky darkens just after 10 a.m. as a crowd watches totality on a bluff overlooking Madras, Oregon.

The eclipse as seen from Cross, South Carolina, along the path of totality.

Wilfred and Audrey DeVries try to watch the eclipse through cloudy skies along with others who pulled off a road in Beatrice, Nebraska.

The eclipse nearing totality in Jackson, Wyoming.

A family from Copenhagen, Denmark, watches the eclipse in Cross, South Carolina, along Lake Marion.

The skies were cloudy Sewanee, Tennessee about 20 miles from the path of totality.

A compilation image of the phases of the eclipse over the Teton Range. Editor’s Note: This image is a composite of two photographs: a multiple-exposure photo of the eclipse and a photo of the Tetons.