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Solar Eclipse over Africa
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Solar Eclipse over Africa

Published Oct 4, 2005

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Total Solar Eclipse Darkens the South Pacific
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Total Solar Eclipse Darkens the South Pacific

On July 2, 2019, a NASA satellite captured an image of the Moon’s shadow off of South America.

Published Jul 3, 2019

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So Many Ways to View an Eclipse
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So Many Ways to View an Eclipse

The total solar eclipse proved spectacular whether seen from space, the ground, or mid-flight.

Published Aug 23, 2017

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Arctic Eclipse
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Arctic Eclipse

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

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Lunar Eclipse from Orbit
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Lunar Eclipse from Orbit

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

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The Solar Ring of Fire
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The Solar Ring of Fire

Earth-observing satellites follow the shadow of an annular eclipse.

Published Mar 2, 2017

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Earth and Moon as Viewed from Mars
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Earth and Moon as Viewed from Mars

This is one of the first images of Earth taken from another planet that actually shows our home as a planetary disk.

Published May 23, 2003

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Earth from the Moon: A Different Perspective on the Harvest Moon
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Earth from the Moon: A Different Perspective on the Harvest Moon

Over the stark, scarred surface of the moon, the Earth floats in the void of space, a watery jewel swathed in ribbons of clouds.

Published Oct 4, 2004

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Lining Up the Sun, Moon, and ISS
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Lining Up the Sun, Moon, and ISS

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

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Solar Eclipse over Antarctica
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Solar Eclipse over Antarctica

Published Nov 25, 2003

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