Beautiful Images of the October 23, 2014, Partial Solar Eclipse

By Nancy Atkinson - October 23, 2014 09:21 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

"The Sun looks like it has a bite taken out of it!" said one enthusiastic viewer of the partial solar eclipse on October 23. Although I only had my paper plate pinhole projector that I shared with a crowd of folks (you can see an image of it near the bottom of the images here), the funny-looking Sun projected onto the plate definitely looked like a cookie with bite out of it or a clipped fingernail. But thankfully, as the Moon moved in front of the Sun today, legions of astrophotographers were out to take fantastic images of the eclipse. And the gigantic sunspot named AR 2192 made a cameo appearance as well. Enjoy the gallery below!

Thanks to everyone who uploaded images to our Flickr page or shared their images on Twitter.

OK, here's what it looked like outside the SETI Institute. pic.twitter.com/ucqWzJeB4c

— SethShostak (@SethShostak) October 24, 2014

The Moon is beginning to eclipse an enormous filament on the Sun http://t.co/oFH0aPfEay via @Slooh pic.twitter.com/JbM3OHI4wQ

— Alan Duffy (@astroduff) October 23, 2014

What we did for fun... hundreds of crescent suns from a collapsible "spaghetti strainer" #eclipse: pic.twitter.com/ih9vvHUwMI

— David Dickinson (@Astroguyz) October 23, 2014

PHOTOS: Partial Solar Eclipse: https://t.co/nZowDIognC #SanJose #BayArea #SolarEclipse pic.twitter.com/Kdu4XIMoa0

— Chris Calubaquib (@ChrisAstro) October 24, 2014

See more great images on Universe Today's Flickr pool page.

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Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com