The hype surrounding this solar eclipse was palpable.
In the days leading up to the event, our email inbox and social media channels were flooded with people across the eclipse path looking forward to the event and asking questions about the best ways to see it.
If course, there was the inevitable rush to buy solar eclipse glasses! It seems the UK as a whole had completely sold out, and we're sure it must have been the same in other regions where the eclipse was visible.
A total solar eclipse was visible in Greenland, Iceland and Spain and a partial solar eclipse was visible across the rest of Europe, the UK and Ireland and parts of the USA and Canada.
Here are just some of the best images we've received by those who were able to catch the solar eclipse from their location – and those who travelled far to capture totality.
Thanks to everyone who sent their images in – it has been a joy to be connected to the event by getting a glimpse of how much it has inspired those who managed to catch it – often through the clouds.
If you've managed to capture an image of the eclipse, send us your images and they could end up in a future issue of BBC Sky at Night Magazine.
Ivana Peranic who captured this image from the maximum point of obscurity, 12 August 2026 at 19:14 local time, from South Downs National Park, UK. Ivana says: "The lovely prominence was left on its own just as the Moon was coming up over that portion of the limb." Equipment:, ZWO 585mm camera, LUNT LS40THa/B600 h-alpha solar telescopeThanks to Andrew Hawkes for sending us these wonderful images of his friend on a paramotor during the 12 August 2026 solar eclipse, captured from Harrogate, UKLauren Hodgson-King captured this view of the total solar eclipse, 12 August 2026 from Mallorca, Spain. Equipment: Canon DSLR cameraThe total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026, captured by Yoël Taïeb near Peñafiel Castle in Valladolid province, north-central Spain. Credit: Yoël TaïebThanks to Oliver Stiehler and his fellow astrophotographers for sending in this image of the total solar eclipse, 12 August 2026 over Mallorca, Spain. Equipment: Leica cameraGraham Prescott captured this remarkable photo of onlookers watching the 12 August 2026 solar eclipse from Colònia de Sant Jordi, Mallorca, Spain. Equipment: smartphoneCésar Carracedo photographed the total solar eclipse on 12 August 2026 from Serra do Careón in Galicia, Spain and managed to catch a plane passing in front of totality! Equipment: Nikon D7000 camera, Nikkor 55-200 lén at 180mm. Exposure: f/8, 1/60, ISO 100. Software: LightroomSarah Fisher captured these images of the solar eclipse, 12 August 2026 from Loxley View Point, Warwickshire, UK, using a smart telescope and a smartphone. Equipment: Seestar S50 SmartscopePartial solar eclipse by James Crossley, Blackstone Edge Reservoir, Rochdale, UK, 12 August 2026This is a composite image showing the passage of the partial solar eclipse as the Sun sets on the western horizon, captured by Arash Sefidgaran over Mitcham Common, London, UK on 12 August 2026. Equipment: Photo 1: Nikon Z6II camera, Sigma 150-600mm lens at 600mm, Sirui tripod, f/11, ISO 640. Photo 2: FujiFilm XH1, 23mm lens, Sirui tripod, f/13, ISO 640. Software: Lightroom, PhotoshopThe partial solar eclipse from Aspra, Sicily, Italy, captured by Teresa Molinaro, 12 August 2026, 19:47 local time. Equipment: Nikon D7500 camera, Nikkor lens. Exposure: 1/800s f/20 ISO 125, one shotThe partial solar eclipse at sunset over the Mediterranean Sea, captured by Giovanni Migliorisi, Punta Braccetto, Sicily, Italy, 12 August 2026, 19:54 local time. "This is one of a series of shots taken when the Sun was more than 21% covered. The entire partial eclipse lasted a total of 18 minutes," says Giovanni. Equipment: Nikon D780 camera, Tamron 150-600mm lens at 600 mm. Exposure: 1/320s, f/7, ISO 100. Software: PhotoshopA sunset solar eclipse off the coast of Mallorca, Spain, captured by James Woods, 12 August 2026. Equipment: Sony A6600 camera, Sony 70-350mm G lens. Exposure: 1/1000s, f/8, ISO 640. Software: Lightroom MobileA beautiful composite of the partial solar eclipse of 12 August 2026, captured by Chloë Garwood from Bedfordshire, UK. Equipment : Canon EOS 200D DSLR camera, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens, homemade solar filter. Software: LightroomThis amazing image was captured by Nicholas Langston from Drinkstone, Suffolk, UK, 12th August 2026. "This bird cast its silhouette over the sun during the final moments of the 2026 solar eclipse," says Nicholas. "I was filming the event using the timelapse setting on a Seastar S50 and noticed this photobomb during playback!" Equipment: ZWO Seastar S50 smart telecope. Exposure: single frame from a timelapse, set at one frame every two seconds. Software: Seastar app, Apple PhotosJean Cullen captured the shadow of the solar eclipse through a colander from Magnus, Merseyside, UK, 12 August 2026, 20:09 local time. Equipment: iPhoneA beautiful selection of solar eclipse images captured by Debbie Townsend, 12 August 2026 from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK. Equipment: Google Pixel 9 Pro smartphone, Celestron NexStar 8SE solar telescopeThe total solar eclipse James Watts, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, 12 August 2026. Equipment: Samsung Galaxy S25 smartphoneA composite image of the partial solar eclipse by Rebecca Saxton, 12 August 2026 from Cambridge, UK. Equipment: Canon R6 Mk II camera, Canon 70-200mm lens, K&F Concept ND100000 solar filter. Settings: 200mm, f4, 1/320, ISO 400. Software: Lightroom, photoshopThe partial solar eclipse captured by Jessica Evans on 12 August 2026 from Llanfrechfa, South Wales, UK. Equipment: iPhone 15 Pro MaxA moody shot of the partial solar eclipse through the clouds, captured by Catherine Potter from Heysham, Lancashire, UK pointing west across Morecambe Bay, 12 August 2026. Equipment: Google Pixel 6 smartphonePartial solar eclipse by Emma Mullock over Liverpool, UK, 12 August 2026A cloudy eclipse shot captured by Rosalind Hendry at Merryoaks Community Centre, Durham, UK, 12 August 2026, 18:51 local time. Equipment: iPhoneAnother cloudy solar eclipse photo! This one was captured by Beth Mann from Walsall, West Midlands, UK, 12 August 2026. Equipment: iPhone 17A selection of partial solar eclipse images captured by Sonia Turkington from North Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire, 12 August, 18:00 – 20:00. Equipment: Seestar S50 smart telescope. Exposure: single images. Software: Gridart
Iain Todd is BBC Sky at Night Magazine's Content Editor who has been writing about astronomy and space science for over a decade. He has covered major stargazing events, space launches and the latest news in cosmology, astrophysics, planetary and space science.
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