2024 Total Solar Eclipse
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Video imagery:
- Composite image of multiple exposures shows the progression of a total solar eclipse in Dallas on April 8, 2024: NASA/Keegan Barber.
- A total solar eclipse as seen from NASA's Glenn Research Center, Monday, April 8, 2024: NASA/Jordan Salkin.
- Venus and Jupiter during totality: NASA/Abbey Interrante
- Baily’s Beads and solar prominences are seen just after totality in Dallas on Monday, April 8, 2024: NASA/Keegan Barber
- The Moon's shadow as seen from the International Space Station: NASA.
- Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite views of Earth during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024: NASA.
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Many photos of phenomena in space scroll by, including galaxies, planets, stars, and nebulae.
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Text, April 19, 2024. 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. Time lapse composite, Dallas, Texas.
On April 8, 2024, millions of people across North America experienced a total solar eclipse.
A time lapse of an eclipse is visible in the sky.
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Text, as the Moon passed in front of the Sun, it revealed the Sun's wispy white outer atmosphere - the corona. Cleveland, Ohio.
Behind a black disc is a hazy whitish glow of light.
Text, in the artificial night, stars and planets become visible.
In the darkened daytime sky, a point of light is visible near the Sun. Another point of light is visible to the upper left. A person points up at the sky. Text, from Dallas, Texas, Venus and Jupiter were very bright.
Viewers could also see bright pink clouds of plasma suspended above the Sun by strong magnetic forces.
Some pink areas of light are around the Sun.
Text, The prominences spotted during the eclipse were many times larger than Earth itself.
As the black disc of the Moon moves across the Sun, the pink plasma and a bright white glow appear on the edge of the Sun.
The Earth seen from space.
Text, Astronauts on the International Space Station, 261 miles above Earth, watched the Moon's shadow travel across the planet.
A large shadowy area is visible on Earth from space.
The Earth rotates in space. The shadow travels northeast across North America.
Text, total solar eclipses are a powerful reminder of our place in the universe, and in our communities on Earth.
This news was brought to you in part by Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD.