From the path of totality to the coasts, millions across Mexico, the United States, and Canada enjoyed a rare and awe-inspiring total solar eclipse on April 8th, 2024.

Supercluster photographer Erik Kuna was conflicted on where to shoot the event, but ultimately landed away from the crowds in Jackson, Missouri, under the path of totality.

Jenny Hautmann remained at the Space Coast to get a shot of a partial solar eclipse visible from Florida, and to cover the final flight of the Delta IV Heavy, a vehicle that was powerful enough to launch the Parker Solar Probe, humanity's first mission to the Sun itself.

In the days before the eclipse, the threat of clouds loomed for those along the path of sold out hotel rooms and Airbnbs. Something our team is very familiar with. Rocket launches always come with the possibility that the weather will simply not cooperate. And there's that pesky fog at Vandenberg in California.

After much consideration, Erik's choice of location proved fruitful. As for the conspiracy theories around CERN creating a wormhole and NASA's sounding rockets launched "at the eclipse," we were also very disappointed that an inter-dimensional portal did not open.

Especially after that hilariously-timed Earthquake shook our office.