We were near the end of the eclipse path, at sea on the m/s Paul Gauguin, in the Northern Cook Islands group well north of the island of Pukapuka, a remote spot that we sailed past on eclipse morning, and were the first cruise ship to ever pass so close to that island. The eclipse was at 6:15 pm on July 21 for us, and after a day of clear skies we had to chase into a clear hole to avoid convective cloud buildup during the partial phases. But the last few minutes of partial phases and totality were well in the clear. The view of the low Sun in eclipse was spectacular with an impressively large Sun/Moon disk from the "moon illusion" effect. We have a happy ship of 300 eclipse chasers!

observation partial solar eclipse in sunrise in south eastern of Iran.beautiful dance cloud, sunad & moon for eclipse Photo details: 20*80 binocular, Canon Powershot A430, 4X optical zoom, using afocal method.

While we were able to view the partial stages of the eclipse in Wuhan, the critical moments from third to fourth contact were hidden in clouds, but we were treated to a wonderful view of the darkness coming from the Moon's shadow approaching, then receding from us, as projected on the clouds.

A breathtaking eclipse scene from ancient ruins of, globally famous "Bam Castle", fotmer greatest adobe made castle known by far Kerman, Iran.

This photo were taken using a DMC-TZ5 camera, hand-held, filtered by an electronically dimming welders helmet.

Morning Sun Rise in Karevansara Dehnamak.... Canon 40D, 400 ASA, 1/250S expose, 200 mm Lens,

Rainbows could be seen just before totality. This was taken at the top of Huangshan. It was an once in a lifetime exciting moment.