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Total eclipse of the Sun. August 21 2017

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: a-sol10-03405

Image Size 300 DPI: 41 * 27 cm

The shadow of the moon above United States seen from ISS. Viewing the eclipse from orbit were NASA’s Randy Bresnik, Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson, ESA (European Space Agency’s) Paolo Nespoli, and Roscosmos’ Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy. The space station crossed the path of the eclipse three times as it orbited above the continental United States at an altitude of 250 miles.

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2017 - ASTRONOMY - ATMOSPHERE - CLOUD - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - ECLIPSE - EXPEDITION 52 - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - ISS - LIMB - MOON - NEW MOON - SHADOW - SOLAR ECLIPSE - SUN - TOTAL ECLIPSE -