1. Eclipse
Last Sunday, the moon passed between the sun and our planet, causing an awe-inspiring solar #eclipse. This special phenomenon was captured by thousands of people around the globe. This picture, posted to Twitter by aerospace engineer @wikkit (1000+ followers), was tweeted along with the text: "I'm sorry to inform you that Earth is about to be been eaten by a fire demon."
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It was another explosive week for pics on Twitter, with the total number breaking records yet again. This week, we analyzed more than 56 million photos shared on Twitter from computers and mobile devices all over the world.
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Summer, fun and celebrities were the main themes that ruled this week's top 10. And now that the festival season has kicked off, we can spend hours gazing at pictures from festivals and other beautiful and sunny places all over the world.
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Special thanks to Skylines, whose custom algorithm finds only the most popular and best pics. The best part of this weekly report is the keen insight of Skylines writer and analyst Julie Donders (@IkbenJulie), who makes sense of the top 10 Twitter pics with her context-rich captions.
Take a peek at the pictures that made it to the top of Twitter's visual food chain this week, and please let us know which one is your favorite in the comments below.
This story originally published on Mashable here.
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