LRO Observations of 2012 Solar Eclipse (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

LRO Observations of 2012 Solar Eclipse

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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has observed solar eclipses from its vantage point at the moon before. The image LRO takes of Earth on Aug. 21, 2017, is expected to look similar to this view, which the satellite captured in May 2012. Australia is visible at the bottom left of this image, and the shadow cast on Earth's surface by the moon is the dark area just to the right of top-center.

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NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University

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