The eclipse stunned millions of people across the planet yesterday but none had as good a view as those in the ISS.

Now a photograph of the eclipse has been released by the station's astronauts, taken 250 miles up from the Earth.

It shows the umbra, the Moons shadow, passing across the planet, leaving a portion of the land below in sheer darkness.

While the majority of the planet is shown bathed in light, one patch is captured from space as a black dot.

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The eclipse was partially visible in different areas across the globe, including the UK, but a total eclipse was visible in the US, where it was referred to as the Great American Eclipse.

The darkest path, where Americans witnessed the total eclipse, stretched all the way from Oregon on the West Coast to South Carolina on the East Coast.

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A multiple exposure image shows the solar eclipse as it creates the effect of a diamond ring at totality as seen from Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

The total path of totality passed through Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina.

it was the first time since 1979 a total eclipse was visible from anywhere in mainland America, and the first time since 1918 it was visible across the length of the entire country.

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Even US president Donald Trump took time out to witness the eclipse from the balcony of the White House with his wife Melania and youngest child Baron.

Ignoring advice, he chose to look directly at the Sun without any eye protection, grimacing slightly before looking away and putting on sunglasses.

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