This is extremely cool. It also shows why it was only a partial eclipse; the edge of the shadow barely nicked Earth. If you had been in space to the upper left in this animation you'd have experienced a total eclipse.
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European Space Agency
The Meteosat-12 satellite captured this space perspective of the partial #SolarEclipse yesterday morning 🌍🌑🌞
In a partial solar eclipse, the Moon moves between Earth and the Sun, partially blocking the sunlight 🧪
(vid: @eumetsat.int, processed by @simonsat.bsky.social)
@esaearth.esa.int
In a partial solar eclipse, the Moon moves between Earth and the Sun, partially blocking the sunlight 🧪
(vid: @eumetsat.int, processed by @simonsat.bsky.social)
@esaearth.esa.int
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