Lunar Shadow Transit
Explanation:
This snapshot from deep space
captures planet Earth on March 9.
The shadow of its large moon is falling on the planet's
sunlit hemisphere.
Tracking toward the east (left to right) across the ocean-covered
world the moon shadow moved quickly in the direction of the
planet's rotation.
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.
From a
spacebased perspective
between Earth and Sun,
the view of this shadow transit was provided by the
Deep Space
Climate Observatory (DSCOVR)
spacecraft's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC).
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
