by APOD Robot » Thu Aug 31, 2017 4:09 am
Lunar View, Solar Eclipse
Explanation: Orbiting above the
lunar nearside on August 21, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter turned to look back on a bright, Full Earth. As anticipated its Narrow Angle Camera
scanned this sharp view of our fair planet, catching the shadow of the Moon racing
along a path across the United States at about 1,500 miles per hour. In fact, the dark lunar shadow is centered over
Hopkinsville, Kentucky at 1:25:30 Central Daylight Time. From there, the New Moon blocked the Sun high in clear skies for about 2 minutes and 40 seconds in a
total solar eclipse.
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