... Of course , denizens of Earth located close to the shadow track centerline saw this lunar shadow transit as a brief, total eclipse of the Sun . ...
... 2007 June 3 . Shuttle Plume Shadow Points to Moon . Credit: Pat McCracken, NASA . ... Credit: Pat McCracken, NASA . Explanation: Why would the shadow of a space shuttle launch plume point toward the Moon? ...
... The Moon's shadow comes in from the right and leaves on the left, all while locations on Earth outside the umbral shadow -- over 100 kilometers away -- remain partly sunlit. ...
... 2001 February 19 . Shuttle Plume Shadow Points to Moon . Credit: NASA . ... Credit: NASA . Explanation: Why would the shadow of a space shuttle launch plume point toward the Moon? ...
... 2010 August 4 . Eclipse Shadow Cone Over Patagonia . Credit Copyright: Daniel Fischer ( Cosmic Mirror ) . ... Sometimes, during a total eclipse of the Sun, a strange shadow of darkness can be seen stretching off into the distance ...
... 2002 December 9 . Moon Shadow Moves Over Africa . Credit and Copyright: EUMETSAT . ... Explanation: When the Moon's shadow reached out and touched the Earth last week, the result was a solar eclipse . ...
... 2015 April 8 . Full Moon in Earth's Shadow . Image Credit Copyright : Rolf Olsen . ... Explanation: Last week the Full Moon was completely immersed in Earth's dark umbral shadow , just briefly though. ...
... 2010 August 23 . A Milky Way Shadow at Loch Ard Gorge . Credit Copyright: Alex Cherney (Terrastro) . ... Explanation: Have you ever seen the Milky Way's glow create shadows? To do so, conditions need to be just right. ...
... 2013 February 15 . Shadows Across Jupiter . Image Credit Copyright : Damian Peach . ... Explanation: Two dark shadows loom across the banded and mottled cloud tops of Jupiter in this sharp telescopic view. ...
... 2003 August 22 . Shadow Rise . Credit Copyright: Steve Mandel . ... Shadow Rise . Credit Copyright: Steve Mandel . Explanation: As the Sun sets , the Earth's shadow rises up from the east. ...