Partial eclipse of the Sun seen by Proba-2's main SWAP

Partial eclipse of the Sun seen by Proba-2's main SWAP

On June 1st, a partial eclipse of the Sun became visible across northern br latitudes - and also from Earth orbit. br Between 2040 and 2246 GMT, ESA's Proba-2 micro-satellite twice crossed the br path of the lunar shadow to return views of the partial solar eclipse. br Proba-2's main SWAP (Sun Watcher using APS detectors and imaging processing) instrument acquired a new image every 30 seconds, built up into the movie seen here.


User: European Space Agency, ESA

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Uploaded: 2015-08-19

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