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Did you see the Great American Eclipse of 2017? While millions of Americans enjoyed the total solar eclipse from below, NOAA’s satellites were watching it from above. Our GOES satellites captured the movement of the Moon’s shadow as it crossed the U.

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English: While millions of Americans enjoyed the total solar eclipse from below, NOAA’s satellites were watching it from above. Our GOES satellites captured the movement of the Moon’s shadow as it crossed the U.S., while our polar-orbiting satellites snapped still images of the shadow as they passed over. At 2:30 pm EDT on August 21, 2017, the NOAA/NASA Suomi-NPP satellite’s VIIRS instrument captured this color-enhanced infrared image of the moon's shadow. In this composite image, vegetation appears green, liquid clouds appear white, and higher ice clouds appear as cyan. Note, however, how nothing appears in the area covered by the Moon's shadow.
Date Taken on 21 August 2017
Source Total Solar Eclipse Crosses America, 2017
Author NOAASatellites
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Five Decades from Above

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by NOAASatellites at https://flickr.com/photos/125201706@N06/50700830132. It was reviewed on 20 February 2024 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

20 February 2024

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This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.

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