Solar eclipse

The moon passes in front of the sun over Easter Island in a total solar eclipse Photograph: Victor Rojas/Xinhua/AP Photograph: Victor Rojas/Xinhua/guardian.co.uk Essential eye protection for eclipse-watchers on Easter Island Photograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Martin Bernetti/guardian.co.uk As the sun and moon 'approach' each other and the daylight takes on an eerie cast, cameras and telescopes are hauled out Photograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Martin Bernetti/guardian.co.uk The arc of the eclipse passed over the South Pacific, starting 700km south-east of Tonga and ending over Patagonia in Argentina Photograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Martin Bernetti/guardian.co.uk Experience before dignity Photograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Martin Bernetti/guardian.co.uk Easter Island statues enhance the awe of one of nature's most breathtaking phenomena Photograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Martin Bernetti/guardian.co.uk A composite picture showing the sun partially covered by the moon over Papeete on the Pacific island of Tahiti Photograph: Gregory Boissy/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Gregory Boissy/guardian.co.uk Night and day over Valparaiso city in Chile Photograph: Eliseo Fernandez/Reuters Photograph: Eliseo Fernandez/guardian.co.uk