Solar Eclipse Safety Images

As millions of people across the United States experienced a total eclipse as the umbra, or Moon’s shadow passed over them, only six people witnessed the umbra from space. Viewing the eclipse from orbit were NASA’s Randy Bresnik, Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson, ESA (European Space Agency’s) Paolo Nespoli, and Roscosmos’ Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy. The space station crossed the path of the eclipse three times as it orbited above the continental United States at an altitude of 250 miles. Credit: NASA As millions of people across the United States experienced a total eclipse as the umbra, or Moon’s shadow passed over them, only six people witnessed the umbra from space. Viewing the eclipse from orbit were NASA’s Randy Bresnik, Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson, ESA (European Space Agency’s) Paolo Nespoli, and Roscosmos’ Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy. The space station crossed the path of the eclipse three times as it orbited above the continental United States at an altitude of 250 miles. Credit: NASA This composite image, made from seven frames, shows the International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, as it transits the Sun at roughly five miles per second during a partial solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 near Banner, Wyoming. Onboard as part of Expedition 52 are: NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson, Jack Fischer, and Randy Bresnik; Russian cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy; and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of South America, Africa, and Europe. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky A ground-based image of the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017 (gray, middle ring), is superimposed over an image of the Sun’s atmosphere, called the corona (red, outermost ring), as seen by ESA (the European Space Agency) and NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), which watches the Sun from space. At center is an image of the sun’s surface as seen by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory in extreme ultraviolet wavelengths of light.During a total solar eclipse, ground-based telescopes can observe the lowest part of the solar corona in a way that can’t be done at any other time, as the dim corona is normally obscured by the bright light of the Sun. The structure in the ground-based corona image — defined by giant magnetic fields sweeping out from the Sun’s surface — can clearly be seen extending into the outer image from the space-based telescope. The more scientists understand about the lower corona, the more they can understand what causes the constant outward stream of material called the solar wind, as well as occasional giant eruptions called coronal mass ejections.Innermost image: NASA/SDOGround-based eclipse image: Jay Pasachoff, Ron Dantowitz, Christian Lockwood and the Williams College Eclipse Expedition/NSF/National GeographicOuter image: ESA/NASA/SOHO Phases of totality of the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse observed from Salem, Oregon by the Williams College Expedition. Credit: Jay Pasachoff, Ron Dantowitz, Christian Lockwood, and the Williams College Eclipse Expedition/NSF/National Geographic This composite image shows the progression of a total solar eclipse over Madras, Oregon on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of South America, Africa, and Europe. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani This composite image shows the progression of a partial solar eclipse over Ross Lake, in Northern Cascades National Park, Washington on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of South America, Africa, and Europe. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls The total phase of the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse as seen from Casper, Wyoming. Credit: Keon Gibson A composite image of the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse as seen from Casper, Wyoming. Credit: Keon Gibson A total solar eclipse is seen on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, from onboard a NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Gulfstream III 25,000 feet above the Oregon coast. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. Credit: NASA/Carla Thomas This full-disk geocolor image from the GOES-16 satellite shows the shadow of the Moon covering a large portion of the northwestern United States on Aug. 21, 2017. Credit: NOAA/NASA On Aug. 21, 2017, many Americans saw day turn temporarily to night as the Moon passed between the Sun and the Earth to create a total solar eclipse. As people in the 70-mile-wide (110-kilometer-wide) path of totality looked up and saw blinding light replaced by a dark circle and the Sun’s wispy corona, NASA Earth-observing satellites captured imagery of the Moon’s shadow as it raced eastward over the continental United States.The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on the Terra satellite captured this mosaic comprised of data collected at three different times. The right third of the image shows the eastern United States at about 12:10 p.m. Eastern Time (16:10 Universal Time), before the eclipse had begun. The middle part was captured at about 12:50 p.m. Central Time (17:50 Universal Time), when the eclipse was in progress in the center of the country. The left third of the image was collected at about 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time (19:30 Universal Time), after the eclipse had ended. Terra has a polar orbit and the MODIS sensor collects imagery in swaths that are roughly 1,450 miles (2,330 kilometers) wide.Credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens and Jesse Allen, using MODIS data from the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE) and EOSDIS/Rapid Response As millions of Americans watched the total solar eclipse that crossed the contiguous United States on Aug. 21, 2017, the international Hinode solar observation satellite captured its own images of the awe-inspiring natural phenomenon as it orbited the planet.Hinode is a joint endeavor by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, the European Space Agency, the United Kingdom Space Agency and NASA. Credit: JAXA/NASA/SAO/NAOJ The Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse as seen by the people attending the viewing event at the Oregon State Fairgrounds, Salem, Oregon. Credit: NASA/Dominic Hart The Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse douses Umatilla National Forest in shadow, rimming the horizon with a 360 degree sunset. Credit: NASA/Mara Johnson-Groh The solar corona shines bright high above a juniper tree in Umatilla National Forest during the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse. Credit: NASA/Mara Johnson-Groh Employees and visitors at NASA Science Teachers Association of Queensland, 2012. Web The Baily’s Beads effect is seen as the Moon makes its final move over the Sun during the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, above Madras, Oregon. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of South America, Africa, and Europe. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

Carbondale, IL - The Eclipse Ballooning Project inflating high altitude balloons in Saluki Stadium during the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse. Credit: NASA/Joy Ng Carbondale, IL - A timelapse video of the Eclipse Ballooning Project in Saluki Stadium during the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse. Credit: NASA/Joy Ng Carbondale, IL - The SUNlab from Lunt Solar Systems supplied high resolution images to NASA s live stream during the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse. Credit: NASA/Joy Ng Carbondale, IL - Crowds in Saluki Stadium during the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse. Credit: NASA/Joy Ng Carbondale, IL - Crowds in Saluki Stadium during the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse. Credit: NASA/Joy Ng Carbondale, IL - Scientist Padma Yanamandra-Fisher from the Space Science Institute takes high resolution images of the solar corona with a CATE telescope during the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse. Credit: NASA/Joy Ng Carbondale, IL - A partial eclipse seen in a solar funnel attached to a telescope during the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse. Credit: NASA/Joy Ng Casper, WY - Scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research check their instruments before the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse in Casper, Wyoming. Some of these instruments were part of NASA-funded projects to collect data on the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, during the Aug. 21 solar eclipse. Credit: NASA/Sarah Frazier Casper, WY - Scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research check their instruments before the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse in Casper, Wyoming. Some of these instruments were part of NASA-funded projects to collect data on the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, during the Aug. 21 solar eclipse. Credit: NASA/Sarah Frazier Casper, WY - Pinholes project images of the Sun in the shape of the European Space Agency logo before the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse in Casper, Wyoming. Credit: NASA/Sarah Frazier Casper, WY - Scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research prepare for the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse in Casper, Wyoming. Some of their work was part of NASA-funded projects to collect data on the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, during the Aug. 21 solar eclipse. Credit: NASA/Sarah Frazier Casper, WY - Scientists and spectators alike prepared for the total solar eclipse on the morning of Aug. 21, 2017, in Casper, Wyoming. Many of the instruments in the foreground were part of NASA-funded projects to collect data on the Sun’s atmosphere, the corona, during the Aug. 21 solar eclipse. Credit: Sarah Frazier Madras, OR - NASA Goddard scientists make their final preparations before they conduct a test of a polarization camera during the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse. The partial eclipse is visible on the computer screen. Credit: NASA/Lina Tran

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Canned interviews and b-roll will be available here starting Tuesday, August 15, at 6:00 p.m. ET. Are you ready for the historic solar eclipse that’s just days away?Do you have what you need to see it safely?You can see the eclipse no matter where you are in North America on Aug. 21!August 21 will be a day for the history books. No matter where you are in North America, you’ll get to experience the first coast-to-coast solar eclipse in nearly a century! The dark shadow of the moon will sweep from Oregon to South Carolina, putting 14 states in the path of totality and providing a spectacular view of a partial eclipse across all 50 states.Eclipses are an incredible experience, but it’s important to view them safely. Join NASA scientists on Wednesday, August 16, from 6:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET and again from 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. ET to show your viewers what they need to safely see the eclipse whether they’re inside the path of totality or not. You should never look directly at the sun! The only safe way to look directly at the sun or partially eclipsed sun is through special-purpose solar filters, such as “eclipse glasses” or hand-held solar viewers. An eclipse is a striking phenomenon you won t want to miss, but you must carefully follow safety procedures.Solar eclipses happen somewhere in the world about every 18 months, but much of the time it happens over the ocean. To have an eclipse travel across so much land where millions of people live is incredibly rare, and makes for a unique opportunity for so many to witness one of nature’s most impressive shows. It’s also a great opportunity for scientists to see the sun’s faint outer atmosphere and evaluate how Earth responds to the sudden darkening.Take this opportunity to step outside and safely watch one of nature’s best shows!*** To book a window ***Contact Michelle Handleman michelle.z.handleman@nasa.gov / 301-286-0918HD Satellite Digital Coordinates for G17-K20/Up: Galaxy 17, Ku-band Xp 20, Slot Upper | 91.0 ° W Longitude | DL 12109.0 MHz | Vertical Polarity | QPSK/DVB-S | FEC 3/4 | SR 13.235 Mbps | DR 18.2954 MHz | HD 720p | Format MPEG2 | Chroma Level 4:2:0 | Audio EmbeddedSuggested Questions:1. The anticipated solar eclipse is just days away! What will we experience next week?2. We’ve been told never to look directly at the sun (even with sunglasses!). How can we enjoy this eclipse safely?3. For those in the path of totality – when is it safe to finally take off our solar glasses?4. We’re not in the path of totality – what interesting things should we lookout for?5. Why are you excited for this eclipse?6. Where can we learn more?Extra Questions for Longer Interviews:7. How did a picture of an eclipse in 1919 prove Einstein’s theory of relativity?8. Eclipses are actually a special type of transit. How are transits helping scientists search for life on other planets?9. Why does an eclipse only last for a few minutes?10. What happens to Earth during the eclipse?11. If you were looking back at Earth during the eclipse what would you see?12. How has our precise mapping of the moon helped us predict the path of eclipses?13. How long and where was the longest ever recorded eclipse?Location: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Greenbelt, MarylandInterviews With:Dr. Michelle Thaller / NASA ScientistDr. Alex Young / NASA ScientistDr. Jim Garvin / NASA ScientistDr. Nicholeen Viall / NASA ScientistDr. Eric Christian / NASA ScientistDr. Yari Collado-Vega / NASA Scientist [Spanish speaker]Dr. Geronimo Villanueva / NASA Scientist [Spanish speaker]https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/@NASASunHow to photograph an eclipse.Planning to take photos of the eclipse? Check out our tips for capturing the best images:#Eclipse2017 B-roll that goes along with 8.16.17 eclipse live shots. Canned interview with NASA Scientist, Dr. Nicholeen Viall. Canned interview with Dr Michelle Thaller/ NASA Scientist looking on camera. Each question is separated by a slate and there are two versions of each answer - one with graphics rolling during the SOT and one without graphics. TRT 9:52