March 9th Solar Eclipse from a Japanese Satellite

[exminister]

[video]http://spaceweathergallery.com/full_image.php?image_name=Shiraishi-b4_1457529516.gif[/video]

I cannot figure out to embed this GIF. Anyone could do that for me would appreciate it.

March 9 event
This is the shadow of the Moon passing across the Earth, shown from a Japanese satellite.
How lucky we are to live in a time to see such things.

It is interesting to watch the interplay of the sun shimmering off the oceans and the moons reciprocating shadow.

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http://spaceweathergallery.com/indi...d=123424&PHPSESSID=vslqrgnp6n7r7h9guv6aamf0r1

 

[patrick jane]

purdy cool

 

[annabenedetti]

There you go.

It's breathtaking. Thank you for posting.

 

[patrick jane]

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[exminister]

60 minutes of a supernova in 15 seconds

caught for the first time ever by Kepler. Awesome.

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/Ke...rst-time-the-early-flash-of-an-exploding-star

 

[theophilus]

60 minutes of a supernova in 15 seconds

caught for the first time ever by Kepler. Awesome.

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/Ke...rst-time-the-early-flash-of-an-exploding-star

Awesome indeed!