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Total eclipse of the Sun - March 9 2016

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: a-sol10-03300

Image Size 300 DPI: 52 * 52 cm

A total solar eclipse starting on March 9 00:15 UTC and ending on March 9 03:38 UTC was visible only from the South Pacific. The DSCOVR EPIC camera was following the shadow cast by the moon on Earth during this time from its vantage point at the Sun-Earth first Lagrange point. Note that the total eclipse is limited to the center black area of the shadow. The outer regions experienced a partial eclipse with a portion of the sun’s disk always visible.

Keywords for this photo:

2016 - ASTRONOMY - CLOUD - DEEP SPACE CLIMATE OBSERVATORY - DSCOVR - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - ECLIPSE - GLOBAL VIEW - INDIAN OCEAN - MOON - PACIFIC OCEAN - POSTER - SHADOW - SOLAR ECLIPSE - SUN - TOTAL ECLIPSE -