Eclipse Veiw From Orbit

A view of the moon's shadow on Earth during the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse as seen from a SpaceX Starlink satellite. NOAA's GOES-16 weather satellite in geostationary orbit tracked the moon's

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station shared their view of the eclipse 261 miles above ground. The image shows the Moon's shadow as it covers portions of Maine and the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick. Hoping to make the most out of it, others chased the eclipse as long as they could, like NASA astronaut Jessica Meir

The new Helioviewer Eclipse Watch data visualization tool displays images captured by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory SOHO, a joint NASA-ESA European Space Agency mission stationed one million miles from Earth. Each time you refresh the page, you can see the latest image from the spacecraft. These images showcase some of the features of the Sun that you may also be able to see from

The Expedition 71 crew on the International Space Station captured this view of the umbra, or the moon's shadow, cast on Earth during the total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024. NASA NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick photographed this view of the partially-eclipsed Sun from the International Space Station while he was flying over the west

The view of Earth from the International Space Station during the eclipse. NASA quotI can hardly imagine a view being better than the one we have right now, but if there is one, it's from the

quotIt is amazing to see an eclipse from orbit,quot Pettit said. quotThe shadow on Earth looks just like what you see in the physics books and the astronomy book where those folks figured all that out without ever having seen what that shadow looks like.quot For more information and to view more current imagery taken from the International

Simultaneously, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's NOAA GOES EAST satellite captured a wider view of the eclipse from its position in geosynchronous orbit some 22,236 miles

Because DSCOVR orbits the stable L 1 Lagrange point in a lissajous or quothalo orbit,quot affording it a view of the Moon-Earth lineup slightly skewed to one side. Other solar observing satellites caught the eclipse from different vantage points. The European Space Agency's Proba-2 saw the eclipse several times from low Earth orbit

Try a new April 2024 Solar Eclipse Quiz! The Moon's orbit around the Earth Rotation of the Earth Distances and dimensions in scale Eclipse - view from the Earth Show the ecliptic plane Position of the Moon The course of a saros approx 18 years Using mouse you can move in space and rotate the scene.

Elon Musk also shared a video of the solar eclipse that was shot by his aerospace company SpaceX's Starlink satellite from Earth's orbit. In the 21-second video, the Moon's shadow was seen moving