But now you can enjoy the view from another angle – the solar eclipse as seen from space. “I am not aware of anybody ever capturing the full eclipse in one set of images or video”, said NASA scientist Adam Szabo in a statement. “The shadow moves faster near the poles because the Earth’s rotation is slowest there and because the shadow is projected around the Earth’s curvature – and so the net speed is faster”, he told the Huffington Post, explaining the fascinating changes in speed and what influences them.
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In a report published by the GizModo, “We normally observe solar eclipses from our perspective here on the surface-or even from an airplane-but this image from NASA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory shows this week’s total solar eclipse from a rather unique vantage point”. “A geosynchronous satellite would have to be lucky to have the middle of an eclipse at noon local time for it”. It’s one of twelve images captured during the course of the eclipse from DSCOVR’s position at L1, 1.6 million km (nearly 1 million miles) away. This particular location is approximately 1.5 million kilometers (1 million miles) from Earth in the direction of the sun, a ideal location for studying space weather phenomena (such as the solar wind) to understand how the sun’s radiation impacts our planet. The spectacular event was shown live was NASA. The video was broadcast in partnership with the Exploratorium Science Center and the National Science Foundation from Micronesia. Eastern time on March 8, when the moon completely blocked the sun, according to NASA.
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On March 9, a total solar eclipse was perfectly visible in Indonesia. Already known as the “Great American Eclipse”, it will be visible across the United States, following a pattern that will take from OR to the southeast United States.
