On July 2, 2019, a NASA satellite captured an image of the Moon’s shadow off of South America.
Published Jul 3, 2019
On February 20, 2008, sky gazers from the central Pacific to Africa saw the full Moon turn a striking red as it passed into Earth’s shadow. From space, the lunar eclipse deepened the darkness of the night. The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program’s (DMSP) F16 satellite captured this view of the eclipse as the satellite flew over the nighttime side of the Earth in a series of overpasses.
Published Mar 13, 2008
Earth-observing satellites follow the shadow of an annular eclipse.
Published Mar 2, 2017
Acquired January 15, 2010, this true-color image shows India and the Bay of Bengal, both darkened by an annular eclipse. A white line marks the Indian coastline.
Published Jan 16, 2010
NASA’s Terra satellite was rounding the top of the globe, making its way from the eastern tip of Siberia and across the Arctic Ocean towards northern Norway and northwest Russia, when it captured this unique view of a total solar eclipse on August 1, 2008.
Published Aug 2, 2008
While the Moon was busy passing between the Sun and Earth for an eclipse in 2011, the space station made a cameo.
Published Jan 7, 2011
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station shot a photograph of the Moon’s shadow crossing the Earth on June 21, 2020.
Published Jun 23, 2020
The total solar eclipse proved spectacular whether seen from space, the ground, or mid-flight.
Published Aug 23, 2017
As millions of people looked up at the Sun during the total solar eclipse, a sensor on NASA’s Terra satellite kept its gaze fixed on Earth and collected imagery of the Moon’s shadow over the United States.
Published Aug 21, 2017
