The Deep Space Climate Observatory, which is 1 million miles from Earth, recently captured the moon's shadow over the frozen continent.
The event happened in the early hours of December 4. A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon is in a perfect position between Earth and the sun. NASA posted a picture on social media showing a shadow over the ocean. The International Space Station has astronauts on it.
The Sun, Moon, and Earth must line up exactly for a total solar eclipse to take place.
The effects of the eclipse were not experienced by a lot of people down in the far south. It's a strange event. The moon blocks out the sun's light, the sky is dark, and the corona is revealed by the eclipse.
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The six-year-old DSCOVR satellite beams back a full view of Earth from a distance over four times farther away than the moon. It takes a picture every two hours.
One of the primary missions of DSCOVR is to monitor space weather. The solar wind, a beam of particles from the sun that can at times threaten to disrupt our power grids, cell phone networks, and beyond is included.
We won't see a total solar eclipse. The next solar eclipse will take place on April 20, 2023. The next one is on April 8, 2024. It will travel from Mexico to Texas and across the nation through Maine.
