These are photos and videos of April 2024 solar eclipse from space
Apr 10, 2024
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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On April 8, folks in the US, Canada, and Mexico watched in awe as the Moon danced between the Sun and Earth. While countless stunning images captured the darkness descending on land, a whole other spectacle unfolded high above our planet. Satellites and astronauts documented the eclipse’s path, offering a breathtaking perspective you can’t see from the ground.
Videos
While a total solar eclipse happens when the Moon blocks the Sun’s light for those in its shadow, the view from space offers a unique perspective. Thankfully, some satellites were able to capture this celestial event.
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-16) captured the Moon’s shadow moving across North America, showcasing its path from 4 pm to 11 pm CEST (2 pm and 9 pm UTC). These satellites, a collaboration between NOAA and NASA, are positioned about 36,000 kilometers away from Earth. ESA shared the timelapse video:
SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites also recorded footage of the shadow racing eastward across North America.
Other than satellites, NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir also shared footage of the path of totality over North Texas that she caught from the sky. At the moment of the eclipse, she was on a T38 jet flight at 11,900 meters (39,000 feet).
“We saw the darkness approaching us from behind. Soon it caught up with us and we had several minutes in totality as we chased along its path,” Meir wrote on Instagram. “Then we were back in the light once again. Not a bad day in the office.”
Images
Other than videos, the eclipse view from space was also captured in a couple of photos. One comes from NASA’s EPIC Camera on DSCOVR. This Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite snapped a series of images between 4 pm and 8:30 pm UTC, showcasing Earth bathed in sunlight as the eclipse progressed.
NASA also shared a NOAA-20 satellite mosaic of images. It shows the eclipse’s progression from east to west, with images taken before, during, and after the event.
Did you watch the April 8 eclipse? Did you manage to take photos?
[via IFLScience]
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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2 responses to “These are photos and videos of April 2024 solar eclipse from space”
Shadow of the moon
Not fair. They didn’t have contend with clouds. Was looking iffy in NE Texas just before first contact. Then glimpses through holes in the clouds. A little before totality, we got popcorn clouds (Cirrocumulus), so totality showed pretty well through the clouds. Well enough that using a film era Canon 100-300mm on a Sony A6400 (cheap Chinese adapter) I got a shot with some Bailey’s Beads.