As if a solar eclipse was not enough, the moon threw some virtual shade at the sun on Twitter on Monday, as millions of people watched the first coast-to-coast total eclipse in the United States in nearly a century.
HA HA HA I’ve blocked the Sun! Make way for the Moon. #SolarEclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/nZCoqBlSTe
— NASA Moon (@NASAMoon) August 21, 2017
This is just too perfect. Congratulations. You have won the entire internet. pic.twitter.com/x6OkPnLj8R
— Andy Stein (@MandoPony) August 21, 2017
I feel the moon is gonna get some licks in but the sun is gonna come out on top
— Graeme (@GeeInTheNorth) August 21, 2017
Wow, someone caught the #SolarEclipse2017 mid flight! Breathtaking. ❤️pic.twitter.com/b0DYvM5Y4p https://t.co/qL3p2CqRc7
— Lutf (@lutfali15) August 22, 2017
One lesson learned today is that there are still things in this world that we can all agree on
The universe is amazing#SolarEclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/895Rq5HHJL
— DaSciGuy (@ImWokeRu) August 22, 2017
Hear the crickets? During totality of #SolarEclipse2017 the crickets begin to chirp because they think it’s night: https://t.co/cOKssim1bY pic.twitter.com/sztula7lkD
— NASA (@NASA) August 21, 2017
What an epic shot of the #SolarEclipse2017
— Lutf (@lutfali15) August 22, 2017
Coolest thing I’ve ever seen. #SolarEclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/0QoFe1pORs
— Cliff Slaughterbeck (@SlaughterbeckC) August 21, 2017
I don’t know who initially took this but this is one of the best Eclipse photo I’ve ever seen wow, amazing!? #SolarEclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/LgD47qIdQ2
— ?Breakfast Imam ? (@BreakfastImam) August 22, 2017
Woah it’s beautiful ? #SolarEclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/eRSIpLfG0u
— Gio Livoti (@GioLivoti) August 22, 2017
This time-lapse of the #SolarEclipse2017 is truly remarkable ?? pic.twitter.com/NzBGhzG8bV
— Kardashian Reactions (@KardashianReact) August 22, 2017
#SolarEclipse2017 Let not the moon eclipse you nor the sun burn you down. Keep your spirits high and your feet grounded. Arise Awake!
— Mohit Yadav,IFS (@mohitfreedom) August 22, 2017
At the speed of darkness…watch as #SolarEclipse2017 shadow moves across our beautiful planet at <1 mile/second; as seen from GIII aircraft pic.twitter.com/X8jy10OqJh
— Thomas Zurbuchen (@Dr_ThomasZ) August 22, 2017