April 7, 2006
Blotting out the sun.
This photo was taken from the International Space Station on March 29, 2006. Featuring our (The Earth's) 4th solar eclipse since 1999.
"The International Space Station (ISS) was in position to view the umbral (ground) shadow cast by the Moon... This astronaut image captures the umbral shadow across southern Turkey, northern Cyprus, and the Mediterranean Sea. The terminator of the eclipse—the line between the light and dark parts of the Sun’s disk— is visible as it passes across central Turkey. The portion of the ISS visible at image top is the Space Station Remote Manipulator System."
Posted by clunky at April 7, 2006 10:14 AMComments
on gpb the other night, dan and i watched a special (or most of one) on the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan.
Pretty unbelievable.
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