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The eclipse has passed over all of the US . It was a once-in-a-lifetime moment – but one that can thankfully be relieved again and again.
As well as being the most viewed eclipse in history – by people who made it also the biggest momvement of people for tourism ever – it was also the most photographed. And some of those photographs are truly stunning.
Some depict the sun itself, and the beautiful spectacle that emerges when the moon slides in front of it and only its tendrils can be seen. Others show people gathering to watch the events, getting together to conduct citizen science, or simply to take in the sight as a group.
Here's The Independent's selection of the best pictures from the eclipse, taken by people across the country.
Show all 12 A handout photo made available by NASA shows the Moon as it starts passing in front of the Sun during a solar eclipse from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park, Washington, USA, 21 August 2017. The 21 August 2017 total solar eclipse will last a maximum of 2 minutes 43 seconds and the thin path of totality will pass through portions of 14 US states, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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The sun is projected on the ground glass (bottom) as photographer C.D. Olsen adjusts his replica of the Kew Photo Heliograph camera, which he will use to make a glass plate photograph of the total solar eclipse, outside the football stadium at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, U.S
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The sun emerges through clouds and fog cover before the solar eclipse in Depoe Bay, Oregon
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A boy uses solar viewing glasses as the sun emerges through fog cover before the solar eclipse in Depoe Bay, Oregon
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First responders and city officials man the emergency operations center in Charleston, South Carolina, on the day of the total solar eclipse
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A man looks through his solar viewing glasses after purchasing them to watch the total solar eclipse in New York City
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People are seen lining up outside the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum as a sign indicates there are no more eclipse glasses on the National Mall before an eclipse August 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Sun started to vanish behind the Moon as the partial phase of the so-called Great American Eclipse began Monday, with millions of eager sky-gazers soon to witness "totality" across the nation for the first time in nearly a century
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Solar Eclipse in Depoe Bay, Oregon, U.
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People watch the start of the solar eclipse and raise their hands in prayer in an eclipse viewing event led by Native American elders, at Big Summit Prairie ranch in Oregon's Ochoco National Forest near the city of Mitchell on August 21, 2017. The Sun started to vanish behind the Moon as the partial phase of the so-called Great American Eclipse began Monday, with millions of eager sky-gazers soon to witness "totality" across the nation for the first time in nearly a century
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People line up on a bridge as the sun emerges through fog cover before the solar eclipse in Depoe Bay, Oregon, U.S
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The Sun rises behind Jack Mountain ahead of the solar eclipse in Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park, Washington, U.S
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The sun rises over Grand Teton National Park on August 21, 2017 outside Jackson, Wyoming. Thousands of people have flocked to the Jackson and Teton National Park area for the 2017 solar eclipse which will be one of the areas that will experience a 100% eclipse
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The eclipse was the first time that such a sight has swept over the entire US for 99 years. And it's the first time in decades that a total solar eclipse has been visible in the country at all.
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