The southern tip of South America, as well as the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, were stunned by a rare solar eclipse on Saturday.
Satellites in space and live cameras on Earth allowed people around the world to see the moon blocking a large part of the sun. The Black Moon is the second new moon in a month.
Alex Young, the associate director for science in the heliophysics science division at NASA, broadcasted a series of images from a timeanddate.com livestream, which show a gorgeous, seemingly distorted sun with a bite taken out of it.
The eclipse was broadcast from many locations across the viewing area, and as Young said in one of his tweets, there are bonus sunspots available to look at after an explosion in the sun. As the sun slowly moves toward its peak of solar activity, it generated several X-class flares.
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And so it begins! #partialsolareclipse visible in parts of southern South America, Antarctica, and the Pacific and Southern Ocean. Screenshots from @timeanddate pic.twitter.com/LxLzesdRTnApril 30, 2022
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Partial solar eclipse in Argentina #sunset #moonset #newmoon #blackmoon 🌞 🌑 🌎Screenshots from @timeanddate pic.twitter.com/OC3GftJafwApril 30, 2022
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Partial solar eclipse in Chile #sunset #moonset #newmoon #blackmoon 🌞 🌑 🌎Screenshots from @timeanddate pic.twitter.com/eGHnPvyQUpApril 30, 2022
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🌞 🌑 🌎 #partialsolareclipse visible in parts of southern South America, Antarctica, and the Pacific and the Southern Ocean. Bonus sunspots! Screenshots from @timeanddate pic.twitter.com/LLErhYvPCYApril 30, 2022
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🌞 🌑 🌎 #partialsolareclipse on April 30, 2022. Eclipse at sunset in Chile, with bonus sunspots & sunset with mountains! What a show!! 😎 ☀️🌑⛰️🌅Screenshots from @timeanddate pic.twitter.com/fDfr0ixNMoApril 30, 2022
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The eclipse was visible from space via a satellite. lightning, severe storms and solar activity can be seen on the satellite.
Over the weekend, the satellite broadcasts footage via the GOES image viewer website and attentive viewers caught views of the eclipse near real-time from space.
Here's a view of the partial solar eclipse that happened today in the Southern Hemisphere via the GOES-16 satellite. pic.twitter.com/ZFSJZY9uE6May 1, 2022
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#GOESEast #GOES16 #GRB #SUVI Solar Eclipse as seen from GOES-16 satellite at noon today (EDT). Fe195 wavelength. pic.twitter.com/2r7uLorNOuMay 1, 2022
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The eclipse was visible in a number of countries, including a small area of southwestern Brazil, according to NASA.
The cities and regions with views of the eclipse included Buenos Aires, the Falkland Islands, and the United Kingdom. EclipseTours.com has at least one cruise that was active in the region.
Paso el eclipse por Buenos Aires con muchas nubes. Algunos pudieron verlo.#astronomy #astronomia #Eclipse2022 pic.twitter.com/diZ4bnNUxvMay 1, 2022
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Eclipse Solar, Santiago de Chile.#Eclipse pic.twitter.com/HcnOkFyBa3May 1, 2022
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There will be a partial solar eclipse on October 25. It will be visible from Europe, northeast Africa, the Middle East and West Asia. There will be no total solar eclipses this year.
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