December 4 was the one whole photo voltaic eclipse of 2021 and the final eclipse of the 12 months from Antarctica. Partial phases of the eclipse had been noticed over the southern tip of South America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
If you’ve got ever considered watching a complete photo voltaic eclipse from area, NASA is right here to assist. The company shared the photographs taken in the course of the eclipse on its Instagram web page.
The Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) spacecraft captured the moon’s shadow because it handed over Antarctica. NASA additionally shared photos taken by astronaut Kayla Barron from contained in the International Space Station.
DSCOVR orbits about 1.5 million km above Earth and takes footage of Earth each two hours. The spacecraft “monitors changes in the solar wind and provides space weather forecasts and alerts for solar storms that can temporarily disrupt power grids and GPS.” It can warn forecasters 15 to 60 minutes earlier than a photo voltaic storm reaches Earth. DSCOVR is a joint mission between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the United States Air Force (USAF).
On February 11, 2021, when the Moon once more crossed DSCOVR and Earth, EPIC captured the far aspect of the Moon, which is rarely seen from Earth.
Happy launch anniversary, #dscovr,#today In 2015, @NOAAThe Deep Space Climate Observatory was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 5 months later, @NASAThe ship’s Epic digital camera captured it in DSCOVR #ImageOfTheDay of Earth and Moon.
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— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) February 11, 2021
Last 12 months, on June 21, DSCOVR EPIC captured the annular photo voltaic eclipse over Asia. Prior to this, it captured a complete photo voltaic eclipse in North America on August 21, 2017.
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