Total Solar Eclipse of 2015 in Amazing Photos

By Tariq Malik
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Total Solar Eclipse of 2015 Begins

NRK News

On March 20, 2015, the moon blocked the sun as seen from Earth in a total solar eclipse. See photos from the only total solar eclipse of 2015 in this Space.com gallery. HERE: The total solar eclipse of 2015 begins as the moon appears to take a bite out of the sun in this view from Longyearbyen, Svalbard provided by Norway's NRK News.

March 20, 2015, Solar Eclipse Seen in Macedonia #1

Stojan Stojanovski

Astrophotographer Stojan Stojanovski sent in a photo of the total solar eclipse taken in Macedonia, on March 20, 2015. [Read full story.]

March 20, 2015, Solar Eclipse Seen in Macedonia #2

Stojan Stojanovski

Astrophotographer Stojan Stojanovski sent in a photo of the total solar eclipse taken in Macedonia, on March 20, 2015. [Read full story.]

March 20, 2015, Solar Eclipse Seen in Macedonia #3

Stojan Stojanovski

Astrophotographer Stojan Stojanovski sent in a photo of the total solar eclipse taken in Macedonia, on March 20, 2015. [Read full story.]

The Moon's Shadow Down Below

Samantha Cristoforetti Twitter/ESA/NASA

This image, taken by Samantha Cristoforetti on the space station may show the shadow of the moon on the Earth during a solar eclipse on March 20, 2015. Read the Full Story Here.

March 20, 2015, Solar Eclipse Seen on the ISS

Samantha Cristoforetti Twitter/ESA/NASA

This photo, taken by Samantha Cristoforetti on the International Space Station, shows a solar eclipse on March 20, 2015. Read the Full Story Here.

Virts' Photo of Solar Eclipse on March 20, 2015

Terry Virts Twitter/NASA

NASA astronaut Terry Virts took this image of a solar eclipse on March 20, 2015. Read the Full Story Here.

Total Solar Eclipse of 2015 at Totality

NRK News

The total solar eclipse of 2015 is captured in this spectacular view webcast live by NRK News on March 20 from Norway's Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

Solar Eclipse from International Space Station

NASA/ESA

European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took this image of the March 20 solar eclipse from her post on the International Space Station.

Total Solar Eclipse 2015: Moon's Shadow

Copyright: 2015 EUMETSAT

The moon's shadow on Earth is seen during the total solar eclipse of March 20, 2015 in this amazing view from the Earth-observing satellite Meteosat 10 operated by Eumetsat.

Proba-2 Total Solar Eclipse of March 20, 2015

European Space Agency

This view of the total solar eclipse of March 20, 2015 was captured from space by the European Space Agency's Proba-2 satellite, which was expected to see the eclipse twice as it orbited Earth.

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Tariq Malik
Tariq Malik
Editor-in-Chief

Tariq is the Editor-in-Chief of Space.com and joined the team in 2001, first as an intern and staff writer, and later as an editor. He covers human spaceflight, exploration and space science, as well as skywatching and entertainment. He became Space.com's Managing Editor in 2009 and Editor-in-Chief in 2019. Before joining Space.com, Tariq was a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times covering education and city beats in La Habra, Fullerton and Huntington Beach. In October 2022, Tariq received the Harry Kolcum Award for excellence in space reporting from the National Space Club Florida Committee. He is also an Eagle Scout (yes, he has the Space Exploration merit badge) and went to Space Camp four times as a kid and a fifth time as an adult. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University. You can find Tariq at Space.com and as the co-host to the This Week In Space podcast with space historian Rod Pyle on the TWiT network. To see his latest project, you can follow Tariq on Twitter @tariqjmalik.