Experience the 2023 Total Solar Eclipse from Above 🌙

The Year From Above -<br />Images by DigitalGlobe<br />On Aug. 21, a total solar eclipse crossed the continental United States for the first time since 1979, stretching from Oregon to South Carolina.<br />The Islamic State lost substantial territory in Iraq<br />and Syria this year, including Raqqa, its de facto capital in Syria, and Mosul, its largest population center in Iraq.<br />The iceberg that broke away from the Antarctic Peninsula in July was about the size of Long Island and New York City combined.<br />Here are some of the roughly 500,000 people who marched in Washington, D. C.<br />Tensions with North Korea were high this year, but much about the country remains a mystery.<br />Major news events in 2017 were big — often big enough to be seen from far above, like Hurricane Jose over the Caribbean in this image.<br />This year’s string of hurricanes was relentless, and deadly storms battered Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and much of the Caribbean.