10 beautiful pictures of solar eclipse from across the world

People gazed at the sky in wonder and cheered while others knelt in prayer as a total eclipse of the sun unfolded over Indonesia, briefly plunging cities into darkness and startling wildlife.

This photo provided by Dan McGlaun shows the full shadow of the moon during the total solar eclipse as seen from an airplane over the North Pacific Ocean.

The moon is obscuring part of the sun over flowers during a solar eclipse in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

A partial solar eclipse is seen behind passenger capsules of the Singapore Flyer in Singapore. The last eclipse happened in Singapore in January 2009 and the next solar eclipse, an annular one, will occur on December 26, 2019.

A total solar eclipse is seen in Luwuk, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. A total solar eclipse was witnessed along a narrow path that stretched across Indonesia while in other parts of Asia a partial eclipse was visible.

A partial solar eclipse occurs Wednesday, March 9, 2016 as seen from Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines.

An Air Asia passenger plane flies as a partial solar eclipse occurs Wednesday, March 9, 2016 as seen from Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines.

A partial solar eclipse is seen behind a palm tree in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, March 9, 2016.

The moon is obscuring part of the sun during a solar eclipse in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, March 9, 2016.

A partial solar eclipse is seen as a bird flies past in Dhaka, Bangladesh.