Before science unraveled the nature of eclipses, ancient civilizations thought they were a phenomenon of divine origin, a warning from entities from beyond with a message addressed to humans. Nowadays, they have become something very different His fascination with them never faded, rather the complete opposite. It is experienced as a spectacle as seen in the solar eclipse on April 8. As a result, a shadow has covered North America to the delight of the audience. Among them, Elon Musk's satellites captured the most suggestive scenes.
Eclipse from space
This is a partial solar eclipse, in which the Moon is in the path of the star, causing a temporary blackout of the Sun's light. From space, you can clearly see how the shadow hangs over the earth It advances, darkening the blue planet in its path. Starlink, Elon Musk's satellites designed to provide low-cost internet service, was one of the privileged witnesses while recording the event, which drew images similar to those seen in this news release.
In the video below these lines, the National Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released photos and videos taken by the Geospatial Operational Environment Satellites (GOES). In this way, the GOES-16 satellite used its technology Find the moon's shadow as viewed from Earth, as the entire circumference of the planet is shown. On the other hand, the NOAA-20 weather satellite captured what North America would look like without the eclipse and compared it to other scenarios.
Eclipse It happened around 1:51 pm in the US (8:51pm CET). For about three minutes, darkness hung over the territory, then returned to its usual bright glow.
