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09-07-2016, 12:05 AM
A NASA probe saw a double eclipse of the sun from space
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A spacecraft tasked with keeping a robotic eye on the sun caught sight of a double eclipse of our closest star last week.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (http://mashable.com/2016/07/15/solar-dynamics-observatory-spinning-sun-gif/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) (SDO) captured a high-definition video of the Earth and moon blocking the light of the sun at the same time on Sept. 1.*
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In the footage, Earth passes in front of the sun first, with the moon following shortly afterward.*
"The end of the Earth eclipse happened just in time for SDO to catch the final stages of the lunar transit," NASA said in a statement (http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-s-sdo-witnesses-a-double-eclipse).
"In the SDO data, you can tell Earth and the moon’s shadows apart by their edges: Earth’s is fuzzy, while the moon’s is sharp and distinct." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/06/nasa-double-eclipse-video/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A spacecraft tasked with keeping a robotic eye on the sun caught sight of a double eclipse of our closest star last week.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (http://mashable.com/2016/07/15/solar-dynamics-observatory-spinning-sun-gif/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) (SDO) captured a high-definition video of the Earth and moon blocking the light of the sun at the same time on Sept. 1.*
SEE ALSO: Here are 31 of the best space photographs of the year (http://mashable.com/2016/07/26/best-space-photos-contest-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
In the footage, Earth passes in front of the sun first, with the moon following shortly afterward.*
"The end of the Earth eclipse happened just in time for SDO to catch the final stages of the lunar transit," NASA said in a statement (http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-s-sdo-witnesses-a-double-eclipse).
"In the SDO data, you can tell Earth and the moon’s shadows apart by their edges: Earth’s is fuzzy, while the moon’s is sharp and distinct." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/06/nasa-double-eclipse-video/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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