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
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
Earth-observing satellites follow the shadow of an annular eclipse.
Published Mar 2, 2017
On July 2, 2019, a NASA satellite captured an image of the Moon’s shadow off of South America.
Published Jul 3, 2019
Acquired during the solar eclipse of May 20, 2012, this natural-color image shows the Moon’s shadow over the northern Pacific Ocean.
Published May 22, 2012
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
