The 2017 solar eclipse has come and gone! Now, its time to stare in awe at all the amazing images captured by NASA, the European Space Agency, their satellites, and the luckiest folks off Earth: the astronauts aboard the International Space Station. <\/p>\n
Yes, while you were pinching and zooming on your phone trying to nail the perfect Instagram moment, space agencies around the world were gathering the kinds of eclipse images that we could never dream of capturing ourselves. <\/p>\n
To wit, there are already plenty of great images of shadow that the Moon cast across the country. Lets start with a few GIFs and videos of that, made from images captured by GOES-16, a satellite that launched into orbit last November: <\/p>\n
The astronauts aboard the ISS were well-prepared to shoot the eclipse. American astronaut Jack Fisher tweeted a photo this morning of the dozen or so cameras that he and his space-bound co-workers were planning to use, while Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli shared a close-up of the giant solar filter covering his telephoto lens. <\/p>\n
The ISS crew saw the Moons shadow from a more dramatic angle than the straight-on satellite shots. <\/p>\n
While the astronauts were shooting the eclipse from a few hundred miles above, a very well-placed NASA photographer back on Earth captured the ISS as it crossed in front of the eclipse. It might look like its moving slowly in the video, but the ISS actually travels at about 17,000 miles per hour. <\/p>\n
Another satellite operated by the European Space Agency, Proba-2, caught one of the most otherworldly images of the bunch. The satellite used a telescope that studies the extreme ultraviolet light coming from the Sun to capture this view of the eclipse: <\/p>\n
More images of the 2017 solar eclipse are still pouring in, so well add any other space-related ones here if we spot them. And as always, feel free to drop your favorites in the comments below! <\/p>\n
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