Photos from past eclipse events in Georgia and around the world

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Flashback photos: Eclipses past in Georgia and beyond

On Aug. 21, we will experience a solar eclipse. Here are a few photos of eclipses past, both solar and lunar, from Georgia and around the world.

Astronomers watching the solar eclipse through telescopes and special lenses, somewhere in Fulton County on May 30, 1984.

The moon starts to come out of its umbra after an eclipse Wednesday night, April 3, 1996, as it rises over the observatory at Fernbank Science Museum. The possibility of being able to see comet Hyakutake also brought out a crowd of about 300 people. (AJC photo/Frank Niemeir)

Astronomers gathered for a solar eclipse viewing in Florida on March 7, 1970.

The lunar eclipse of the moon over the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta on Oct. 8, 2014. In some parts of the country, the "blood moon" as it is called, appeared orange or red, the result of sunlight scattering off Earth's atmosphere.

Photographers line up on Jackson Street Bridge to photograph the solar eclipse, May 30, 1984.

The lunar eclipse of the moon over the Bank of America Plaza Building in Atlanta on Oct. 8, 2014.

Shown is the solar eclipse above Gmunden, Austria, some 270 kilometers (168 miles) west of Vienna, on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 1999. The moon smothered the light of the sun Wednesday as the last total solar eclipse of the millennium swept across Europe toward the Bay of Bengal.

Members of the British Astronomers Association prepare their telescopes Tuesday, Aug. 10, 1999, at their campsite near Truro in Cornwall, England. The group is preparing for a total solar eclipse which will take place Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin)

The moon obscures the edge of the sun during a Christmas Day partial solar eclipse Monday, Dec. 25, 2000 in Stedman, N.C. This photo was made with an amateur astronomer's telescope equipped with a solar filter. Several sunspots are visible on the unobscured portion of the sun. A Christmas Day solar eclipse won't be repeated for more than 300 years. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Johnny Horne)

Astronomers at a solar eclipse viewing area with telescopes and other equipment, March 7, 1970.

The sun appears as a diamond ring as the moon passes over during the solar eclipse in Graz, about 200 kilometers (167 miles) south of Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, Aug. 11 1999. (AP Photo/Helge O. Sommer)

Group of astronomers gather to watch the solar eclipse on a cloudy day, March 7, 1970.

Astronomers hold candles at the moment of totality during the solar eclipse,March 7, 1970.

On May 30, 1984, kids at Forrest Hills Elementary School in DeKalb Co. use boxes to view the eclipse. In the lower left corner of the photo, a card shows the sun in partial eclipse. This is what the kids are viewing inside of their boxes.

Students at DeKalb County’s Forrest Hills Elementary School watch the solar eclipse safely through projection inside their homemade boxes on May 30, 1984.

From 1991: "Special glasses for watching eclipse are being modeled by Nancy Jackson of Snellville, Georgia who is a bank teller."

Crowds gather in Woodruff Park to watch the solar eclipse with Georgia State University astronomers, May 1994.

Office workers taking a break to watch the solar eclipse through a pinhole projection, May 1994.

A vacationer videos the partial solar eclipse from the beach in Nice, France, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 1999. The moon smothered the light of the sun Wednesday as the last total solar eclipse of the millennium swept across Europe toward the Bay of Bengal. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Buddhist monks watch the solar eclipse near the Eiffel Tower in Paris Wednesday, Aug. 11, 1999. The moon smothered the light of the sun Wednesday as the last total solar eclipse of the millennium swept across Europe toward the Bay of Bengal. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

From Oct. 3, 1986: "Patricia Deavours and her daughter, Leah, watch the beginning of Friday's solar eclipse with the help of Fernbank Science Center equipment. The moon eventually blocked out 47 percent of the sun, but many Atlantans were too busy to notice."

A group of businessmen watch the solar eclipse in Essen, Germany, on Wednesday, August 11, 1999. The moon smothered the light of the sun Wednesday as the last total solar eclipse of the millennium swept across Europe toward the Bay of Bengal.(AP Photo/Edgar R. Schoepal)

Iranian teenagers observe the solar eclipse in front of Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Naghsh-e Jahan Square, in Isfahan, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 1999. The moon smothered the light of the sun Wednesday as the last total solar eclipse of the millennium swept across Europe toward the Bay of Bengal. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Pope John Paul II watches the eclipse through a piece of special glass at Castel Gandolfo, the papal summer retreat in the hills southeast of Rome, in this image taken from television Wednesday Aug.11 1999. The pope kept his Vatican weekly audience with pilgrims short, then flew to Castel Gandolfo where he could see about 84 percent of the total coverage. (AP Photo/APTN)

000120-ATLANTA-The moon disapears behind the earth's shadow Thursday evening beside the SouthTrust Bank building in Midtown Atlanta. The total lunar eclipse was the first visible from Atlanta since 1996. (BEN GRAY/STAFF)

Nicaraguan students of the Pierre and Marie Currie school watch a partial eclipse of the sun through protective glasses in Managua Nicaragua, Thursday Feb. 26, 1998. While parts of Central America expierenced a partial eclipse of the sun a total eclipse, the last of the century in this hemisphere, was witnessed in parts of the Caribbean. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)

The solar eclipse is seen between the minarets of the historical Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey on Wednesday August 11, 1999. This is the last solar eclipse of this millenium, which swept across Europe towards the Bay of Bengal. (AP Photo/Erhan Sevenler/Anatolia)

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Astronomers watching the solar eclipse through telescopes and special lenses, somewhere in Fulton County on May 30, 1984.

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