What the eclipse looked like from SPACE: NASA reveals stunning satellite images

By MARK PRIGG FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

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From Earth, it was an incredible sight - and from space, today's historic total eclipse was just as stunning.

NASA has released a series of images taken by Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli showing the view of the eclipse from the International Space Station.

It also revealed a stunning animation from a weather satellite.

'Follow the shadow of the moon as it moves West to East across the Northern Hemisphere in this geocolor animation from NOAA's GOES-16 satellite 

'Voila! The #Eclipse2017 shadow from the ISS, no words needed' he tweeted alongside the incredible images.

NASA also released a series of images and videos from weather satellites, and even Earth-based images showing the ISS passing in front of the sun during the incredible event 

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A dark spot appeared over the Earth during the eclipse, as another stunning image from the space station shows

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'Voila! The #Eclipse2017 shadow from the ISS, no words needed' Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli tweeted alongside these incredible images.

A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. 

A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of South America, Africa, and Europe. 

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This stunning image of the Moon transiting across the Sun, was taken by NASA's SDO satellite in 171 angstrom extreme ultraviolet light on Aug. 21, 2017.

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This composite image, made from seven frames, shows the International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, as it transits the Sun at roughly five miles per second during a partial solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 near Banner, Wyoming.

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The Diamond Ring effect is seen as the moon makes its final move over the sun during the total solar eclipse on Monday, August 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon.

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This full-disk geocolor image from GOES-16 shows the shadow of the move covering a large portion of the northwestern U.S. earlier today, August 21, 2017.

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The last glimmer of the sun is seen as the moon makes its final move over the sun during the total solar eclipse on Monday, August 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon.

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This composite image shows the progression of a partial solar eclipse over Ross Lake, in Northern Cascades National Park, Washington on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

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ISS NASA Flight Engineer Randy Bresnik took this image of the moon's silhouette as it passed in front of the sun. The space station crossed the path of the eclipse three times as it orbited above the United States at an altitude of 250 miles (400 km)

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