Solar Eclipse of May 2012 as seen from Space

In this satellite MTSAT image you can see the shadow over Earth near the maximum during the Annular Solar Eclipse of May 20-21, 2012.  Image credit: Planetary Habitability Laboratory

This image was generated during a color test of our Visible Daily-Earth project and was taken by the geostationary satellite MTSAT on May 21, 2012 @ 000 UTC (May 20, 2012 @ 8:00 PM EDT).

Full credit of the image is PHL @ UPR Arecibo, NASA, EUMETSAT, NERC Satellite Receiving Station, University of Dundee. Click the image for a high resolution version.

source Planetary Habitability Laboratory

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