Moon bites multicolor Sun... from space!

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
Feb 21, 2012 9:30 PMNov 20, 2019 4:36 AM

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Earlier today, the Solar Dynamics Observatory had a front seat to a pretty nifty event: a partial eclipse of the Sun. For about 100 minutes, from its orbital viewpoint SDO saw the Moon pass in front of the Sun, partially blocking it. SDO semi-fictional mascot Camilla Corona created a really cool video of the event, using footage from different wavelengths edited together:

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