Eclipse Path Animation
On Sunday, 2010 July 11, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses Earth's southern hemisphere. The path of the Moon's umbral shadow crosses the South Pacific Ocean where it makes no landfall except for Mangaia (Cook Islands) and Easter Island (Isla de Pascua). The path of totality ends just after reaching southern Chile and Argentina. The Moon's penumbral shadow produces a partial eclipse visible from a much larger region covering the South Pacific and southern South America.
July 11, 2010 eclipse animation
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/ Conceptual Image Lab
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Animator
- Walt Feimer (HTSI)
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Scientist
- Fred Espenak (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, July 9, 2010.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:54 PM EDT.