NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) space telescope this week captured a partial solar eclipse in action from its vantage point in space, the only place this phenomenon was visible. informa the portal Space.com.
In the images, you can see the passage of the moon in front of the face of the sun. The event lasted regarding 35 minutes, and “at the height of the eclipse, the moon covered 67% of the sunand the mountains moons were backlit by solar fire”, indicate the experts at SpaceWeather.com.
The SDO was launched in February 2010, and is part of a network of solar spacecraft from NASA and its partner agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The mission studies how solar activity is created and how it drives space weather. The spacecraft’s measurements of the sun’s interior, atmosphere, magnetic field, and energy output are used by scientists to understand our star.
Fuente: RT.
