One of the most sought after locations for the eclipse was remote Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as its called by residents, where crowds of skywatchers from around the world gathered to watch the celestial event. Even the threat of clouds couldn't dampen their excitement.

The moon blotted out most of the sun across the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday afternoon, giving just a few specks of land an impressive annular "ring of fire" eclipse.

See the annular “ring of fire” and partial solar eclipse captured by photographers in some of Earth's most remote and iconic places as the sun's center was eclipsed.