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\nAn EPIC View of the Moon’s Shadow During the June 10 Solar Eclipse\n

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\nNASA’s EPIC, Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), sits aboard NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory Satellite (DSCOVR). EPIC provides high-quality, color images of Earth, which are useful for monitoring factors like the planet’s...\nNASA’s EPIC, Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), sits aboard NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory Satellite (DSCOVR). EPIC provides high-quality, color images of Earth, which are useful for monitoring factors like the planet’s vegetation, cloud height, and ozone. And every once in a while – most recently, June 10, 2021 – it has the opportunity to capture a solar eclipse.

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon is positioned between the Sun and Earth, leading the Moon’s shadow to be projected onto Earth. During a total solar eclipse, the Moon completely blocks the Sun. During an annular solar eclipse, like the one on June 10, the Moon is near its farthest point from Earth and appears smaller than the Sun in the sky. As the two align, the Sun appears as a ring of fire surrounding the dark disk of the Moon.

On June 10, viewers in parts of Canada, Greenland, and Russia were treated to a full annular eclipse. People in a handful of other locations, including parts of the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, eastern United States, Alaska, and northern Africa, were able to catch a partial solar eclipse, where only part of the Sun is blocked by the Moon, leaving behind a crescent-shaped piece of Sun. EPIC didn’t have too bad a view, either.

Music: “Cherry on Top” by Ben Beiny [PRS] from Universal Production Music

Video credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Alison Gold (Intern): Producer
Alison Gold (Intern): Writer
Alison Gold (Intern): Narrator
Adam Szabo (NASA GSFC): Lead Scientist
Joy Ng (KBRwyle): Support
Lisa Poje (USRA): Animator
Ernie Wright (USRA): Visualizer
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Dale Cruikshank (NASA Ames): Photographer\n
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2021
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