NASA, ESA and NOAA Spacecraft Capture Aug. 12 Eclipse as Moon Shadow Sweeps 3 Regions
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Updated · Space.com · Aug 18
NASA, ESA and NOAA Spacecraft Capture Aug. 12 Eclipse as Moon Shadow Sweeps 3 Regions
3 articles · Updated · Space.com · Aug 18
Summary
Multiple NASA, ESA and NOAA spacecraft recorded the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse from orbit, adding space-based views to the spectacle seen across Greenland, Iceland and Spain.
18% of the sun was covered from the International Space Station, where astronaut Jessica Meir photographed a partial eclipse because the station sat outside the path of totality.
Proba-3, ESA's two-spacecraft mission flying in formation about 36,000 kilometers up, captured a rare double eclipse as the moon and its coronagraph both blocked the sun.
MTG-I1 and NOAA's GOES-19 tracked the moon's shadow crossing Earth, with ESA imagery showing it merging with Europe's advancing day-night terminator at dusk.
The eclipse occurred when the moon passed directly between Earth and the sun during the new moon phase, with another sky event—a lunar eclipse—due on Aug. 27-28.