Flying Around The Eclipse Shadow

Released Wednesday, June 21, 2017

ID: 4579

- Visualizations by:
- Ernie Wright

A view of the Moon's shadow during the August 21, 2017 eclipse from both the night and day sides of the Earth.

This visualization combines the views from several previous visualizations (#4390, #4321, and #4314) to create a continuous camera flight from the night side of the Earth to the day side, showing the relationship of the Earth, Moon, and Sun during the August 21, 2017 eclipse. It shows the direction of the Moon's motion and the Earth's rotation, the complete path of the umbra from the moment it touches down on the Earth until the moment it departs, and the true scale of the Earth-Moon system.

For More Information

See eclipse2017.nasa.gov

Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

Visualizer
- Ernie Wright (USRA)
Scientist
- C. Alex Young (NASA/GSFC)

This page was originally published on Wednesday, June 21, 2017.
This page was last updated on Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM EST.

Missions

This page is related to the following missions:

LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter)

Series

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2017 Solar Eclipse

Datasets used

BMNG (Blue Marble: Next Generation) [Terra and Aqua: MODIS]
ID: 508

Sensor: MODIS

Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

This dataset can be found at: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/
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DEM (Digital Elevation Map) [LRO: LOLA]
ID: 653

Sensor: LOLA

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DE421 (JPL DE421)
ID: 752

Type: Ephemeris Collected by: NASA/JPL

Planetary ephemerides

This dataset can be found at: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?ephemerides#planets
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WAC 643nm High Sun Global Mosaic [LRO: LROC]
ID: 803

Type: Mosaic Sensor: LROC

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