NASA's DSCVR satellite captured a view of the Moon's shadow sweeping across Earth during the October 14th annular eclipse.
As the Moon crossed between the Sun and Earth during the October 14, 2023 annular eclipse, its shadow darkened skies across the United States. NASA image courtesy of the DSCOVR EPIC team.
This one was different from most solar eclipses that capture public attention when they occur. Since it was annular, it didn’t produce the awe-inspiring darkness that most people associate with these events. An annular depends on a very unique set of circumstances. First, the Moon has to align precisely with the Sun, just as in a total solar eclipse. In one of those, the Moon appears to blot out the Sun completely because it’s just the right distance away from Earth.
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