Best 2026 Solar Eclipse Photos: These Shots Will Blow Your Mind!
Aug 13, 2026
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know there was a solar eclipse yesterday, August 12, 2026. And this year, I have a feeling that photographers shared their best work faster than ever before. After I returned from my viewing spot in the neighborhood, some of the best solar eclipse photos of 2026 were already on Instagram. And when I say “incredible,” I don’t say it lightly.
The DIYP team chat was bursting with excitement this morning as we exchanged the shots that popped on our feeds from photographers we follow or we’ve featured before. So we thought – let’s share this excitement with our readers. We bring you this year’s best solar eclipse photos that we’ve seen so far, and we hope you’ll love them as much as we did.
Andrew McCarty
Andrew McCarthy is well-known for his amazingly detailed space shots. His photo was the first one I saw on Instagram, as I’ve followed him since… forever. And as always, his work absolutely blew my mind!
This is the image that I saw first and it nearly made my cry. And yet, this is the post where Andrew promised he’d share his favorites later. What do you mean? It gets better than this? :)
Andrew later shared his favorite capture of the eclipse, “the moment the moon’s shadow split the sunset in half, leaving a diamond ring in the sky and a breathtaking view.” He named it Shadows on the Balearic Sea. I find this image so incredibly peaceful. I absolutely love it!
Rositsa Dimitrova
While we’re on the topic of the sea, we just have to include this series from Rositsa Dimitrova. Taken in Mallorca, everything that could go wrong, did (thanks, Murphy!). Second camera never got switched on, Siri’s notifications hijacked the Photo Ephemeris countdown, an improvised champagne-stand tripod proved too shaky (fixed with a suitcase instead), and a filter fell apart. Still, she ended up with awe-inspiring photos of the eclipse! I love that the little boats are visible as well, that’s the scenery I love seeing even when there’s no eclipsed sun behind them.
Stefan Liebermann
Stefan Liebermann captured some amazing silhouettes against totality. Like most photographers, he says that the planning, organization, and execution of the shoot were beyond elaborate. However, “when the moment finally arrived, everything went chaotically differently than planned,” Stefan notes. “Clouds blocking the totality, boat masts in front of our shot, and a room without air conditioning at 36°C. Wonderful.”
Still, he adds that everyone involved did their best… And I truly think it shows!
Liron Gertsman
Liron Gertsman is a nature photographer, especially committed to bird photography. After successfully combining bird and solar eclipse photography in 2024, he’s done it again in “the most complicated photos he’s ever taken” so far.
“After more than a year of planning, I’ve spent the last 10 days traveling across Spain, scouting, calculating and chasing for a perfect “bird with solar eclipse” composition. I joined forces with @tobiasyoder, and we headed in separate directions, covering as much ground as we could in search of the best opportunity, following up on our successful independent attempts during the last total eclipse in 2024.
Liron explains that this photo almost didn’t happen, as the White Stork returned to its nest only 30 seconds before eclipse totality!
Jose Angel Izquierdo
Skater Danny León has been going viral on Instagram today, and for good reason. But since this roundup is about photographers, we’re giving a special shout-out to the photographer Jose Angel Izquierdo. He and Danny synced so perfectly to pull off a flawless skateboard jump in front of the total solar eclipse, with Jose Angel filming it. It left me speechless!
Toby Melville
Toby Melville also took one of the best 2026 solar eclipse photos I’ve seen on Instagram. Taken in Glastonbury Tor, it shows the eclipse and what looks like a starry sky. It’s likely water or dust particles. I’d place my bets on light rain. But whatever it is, it definitely adds a touch of surreal to this image.
Luke Miller
Luke Miller captured the 2026 solar eclipse behind the Shard building in London. There’s a series of photos there, each better than the last… But the LOTR fan in me can only see one thing in the first one.
Noah Wetzel
Noah Wetzel photographed what I can’t believe is real. Taken in Spain, his photo shows a wingsuit athlete Mike Brewer flying through the frame at 140mph. During totality.Noah says it took nine months of work with Red Bull Mike and Red Bull Air Force, and over 500 hours of research, planning, and brutal tests to pull this off.
I say it was well worth it!
Tom Klocker
While eclipse photos normally take loads of planning, this action shot was made pretty much accidentally. Tom Klocker went up a mountain to take some mountain bike photos in the sunset. “When we reached the summit, there were people everywhere, which is pretty unusual for this spot,” Tom writes on Instagram. “We knew there was going to be a solar eclipse that day, but honestly, that wasn’t even the reason we went up.”
And just before sunset, the spectacle began… “and suddenly we understood why everyone was there,” Tom adds. While the story behind them is a little goofy, the photos themselves are quite remarkable!
Thomas Ranner
Thomas Ranner mainly shoots concerts (and boy, does he do it well!). But he also took some of the best 2026 solar eclipse photos. A partial solar eclipse was visible in Vienna, Austria, and he took some fantastic shots combining airplanes and the eclipsed sun. There’s an entire series there, and I just can’t decide which one I like best!
Sergiy Stepanenko
Another stunning shot comes from landscape photographer Sergiy Stepanenko. He photographed the Solar Eclipse and Prague Castle, and his photo is one of those that makes me feel so calm for an inexplicable reason. I just looked at this one for a while and enjoyed the experience of just watching and… being. Almost like when I watched the eclipse itself.
Juan Méndez
Juan Méndez photographed the eclipse in Lanzarote, the easternmost of the Canary Islands. “Beneath the silhouette of a camel, one of the animals most closely linked to the history and landscape of our island, the Sun and the Moon meet over a land marked by volcanoes, fire, and tradition” Jose writes (translated roughly from Spanish). He notes that this photo was long in the making, and I believe it took some serious planning to take it!
Donal Glackin
Dónal Glackin writes on his Instagram that he couldn’t make it to Spain for the total solar eclipse. So, he just went outside his house and took one of the most gorgeous photos. It’s a little eerie, with crowds and the sky cloudy enough to only let a bit of the eclipsed sun shine through. I can totally imagine it as a movie poster or a book cover.
The 2026 Solar Eclipse Path
The 2026 total solar eclipse swept across Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal. Our Alex Baker was lucky to capture it as well, considering she lives in Spain. This was her first solar eclipse, and she even made a DIY solar filter to capture it. As you can see, it worked like a charm!
Many other places in the Northern Hemisphere experienced a partial solar eclipse that day, including Serbia, where I was observing. I didn’t bring my camera, just a welding mask and good company. :) At the peak, we saw around 29% of the sun covered. It was still a fantastic experience.
Do you have any favorite photos and videos that you took, or that you saw online? Feel free to share them with us in the comments or the forums!
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Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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