Yesterday [
http://www.skypub.c…], the Moon's shadow reached out [
http://pao.gsfc.nas…] and touched the Earth [
http://umbra.nascom…], treating a large portion of the Western Hemisphere to an Eclipse of the Sun [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. This composite image [
ftp://pao.gsfc.nasa…] combines pictures of the Sun made from both Earth and space. The central direct image of the solar surface was recorded yesterday by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope [
http://umbra.nascom…] on board the space based SOHO observatory. It is surrounded by a telescopic picture of the Sun as seen from the island of Aruba during the total eclipse. The surrounding view of the eclipsed Sun reveals the gleaming solar corona [
http://sohowww.nasc…wind_and_corona.html ], visible to ground based observers [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] during totality. Such combined images can help connect explosive events and features on the Sun's surface with the corona and solar wind.
Explanation
Yesterday [
http://www.skypub.c…], the Moon's shadow reached out [
http://pao.gsfc.nas…] and touched the Earth [
http://umbra.nascom…], treating a large portion of the Western Hemisphere to an Eclipse of the Sun [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. This composite image [
ftp://pao.gsfc.nasa…] combines pictures of the Sun made from both Earth and space. The central direct image of the solar surface was recorded yesterday by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope [
http://umbra.nascom…] on board the space based SOHO observatory. It is surrounded by a telescopic picture of the Sun as seen from the island of Aruba during the total eclipse. The surrounding view of the eclipsed Sun reveals the gleaming solar corona [
http://sohowww.nasc…wind_and_corona.html ], visible to ground based observers [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] during totality. Such combined images can help connect explosive events and features on the Sun's surface with the corona and solar wind.
Explanation
