Space / 2012-05-20
Earth Observations taken during an Annular Solar Eclipse
Earth Observations taken during an Annular Solar Eclipse
NASA's image library records Earth Observations taken during an Annular Solar Eclipse.
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
ISS031-E-41594 (20 May 2012) --- This is one of a series of photos taken by Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station, showing a shadow of the moon created by the May 20 solar eclipse, as the shadow spreads across cloud cover on Earth. Pettit used a 28-mm lens on a digital still camera to record the image at 23