{"id":645360,"date":"2024-04-15T14:48:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T18:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=image-article&p=645360"},"modified":"2024-04-15T14:48:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T18:48:25","slug":"seeing-the-solar-eclipse-from-223000-miles-away","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/seeing-the-solar-eclipse-from-223000-miles-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing the Solar Eclipse from 223,000 Miles Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/m1467242026l-cal-echo-reduce11-4fi-rotate-ee9150.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/m1467242026l-cal-echo-reduce11-4fi-rotate-ee9150.png?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Black and white image of Earth with swirling white clouds and a dark shadow over North America from the Moon eclipsing the Sun.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/m1467242026l-cal-echo-reduce11-4fi-rotate-ee9150.png 4706w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/m1467242026l-cal-echo-reduce11-4fi-rotate-ee9150.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/m1467242026l-cal-echo-reduce11-4fi-rotate-ee9150.png?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/m1467242026l-cal-echo-reduce11-4fi-rotate-ee9150.png?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/m1467242026l-cal-echo-reduce11-4fi-rotate-ee9150.png?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/m1467242026l-cal-echo-reduce11-4fi-rotate-ee9150.png?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/m1467242026l-cal-echo-reduce11-4fi-rotate-ee9150.png?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/m1467242026l-cal-echo-reduce11-4fi-rotate-ee9150.png?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/m1467242026l-cal-echo-reduce11-4fi-rotate-ee9150.png?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/m1467242026l-cal-echo-reduce11-4fi-rotate-ee9150.png?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/m1467242026l-cal-echo-reduce11-4fi-rotate-ee9150.png?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/m1467242026l-cal-echo-reduce11-4fi-rotate-ee9150.png?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/m1467242026l-cal-echo-reduce11-4fi-rotate-ee9150.png?resize=900,900 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/m1467242026l-cal-echo-reduce11-4fi-rotate-ee9150.png?resize=1200,1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/m1467242026l-cal-echo-reduce11-4fi-rotate-ee9150.png?resize=2000,2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">This spectacular image showing the Moon\u2019s shadow on Earth\u2019s surface was acquired during a 20-second period starting at 2:59 p.m. EDT (18:59:19 UTC) on April 8, 2024, by NASA\u2019s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Goddard\/Arizona State University<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/lro\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter<\/a> (LRO) captured the <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/video\/2024-total-solar-eclipse-through-the-eyes-of-nasa\/\" rel=\"noopener\">April 8, 2024, solar eclipse<\/a> from hundreds of thousands of miles away. The camera suite aboard the LRO usually retrieves high resolution black and white images of the Moon\u2019s surface; these images provide knowledge of polar illumination conditions, identify potential resources, hazards, and enable safe landing site selection. To take an image of Earth, the LRO has to rapidly rotate to build up the image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/lro\/nasas-lro-observes-2024-solar-eclipse-shadow\/\">Learn more about the LRO\u2019s cameras and how this image was taken.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image Credit: NASA\/Goddard\/Arizona State University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA\u2019s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured the April 8, 2024, solar eclipse from hundreds of thousands of miles away. The camera suite aboard the LRO usually retrieves high resolution black and white images of the Moon\u2019s surface; these images provide knowledge of polar illumination conditions, identify potential resources, hazards, and enable safe landing site selection. 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