A total solar eclipse began at about 5:21 a.m. ET, but it was not viewable for most of America. Still, the pictures from around the world are so fucking cool. Earth, it's pretty awesome.....

On Friday, 2008 August 01, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half the Earth. The path of the Moon's umbral shadow begins in Canada and extends across northern Greenland, the Arctic, central Russia, Mongolia, and China. A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon's penumbral shadow, which includes northeastern North America, most of Europe and Asia.