Solar Eclipse Animation
Solar Eclipse Animation
This animation of a total solar eclipse shows the Moon passing between the Earth and the Sun.
Learn more at https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov
Find more videos about the solar ecilpse on the Sun Eclipse 2017 Gallery page.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
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Animator
- Walt Feimer (HTSI)
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Producer
- Genna Duberstein (USRA)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, March 3, 2016.
This page was last updated on Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 11:23 PM EDT.



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