SDO Views Lunar Transit (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

SDO Views Lunar Transit

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The relative speeds and positions of the Moon, the Sun and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory resulted in this unusual lunar transit where the Moon appears to pause and reverse course. View animated GIF: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/171transitslowpause3.gif

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