If staring at the Sun is really so dangerous, you'd think they would warn us about it more often than just during eclipses. But as the Moon moved in front of the Sun on Monday and parts of the United States were briefly engulfed in total darkness, people in those states began to Google "Why do my eyes hurt?" at an increased frequency. 

Those people did a bad job looking at the Sun, but thanks to funky movie theater glasses and great cameras, millions of others did a great job. Solar eclipses are one of the coolest natural phenomena, and Americans from all over the country traveled to regions where they could get a better view. Those people also took some spectacular photos and captured the surreal moment as daylight turned to instant darkness.