COLLECTION NAME:
Solar System Eclipse Gallery
Record
Title:
Total Eclipse of the Sun
Creator:
NASA
Description:
On December 3, 2002, people in Australia received a rare 32-second celestial show as the moon completely obscured the sun, creating a ring of light. Solar eclipses provide experts an opportunity to study the sun's outer atmosphere, called the corona. This total eclipse was the first to cover Australian shores since 1976. The next is not predicted to occur for several more decades. While people in Australia were observing the solar eclipse, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft also had its eye on the sun. From its unique vantage point in space, scientists have been able to monitor the explosions on the sun that can impact us here on Earth. This image combines a photograph of the solar eclipse (showing the halo-like corona) with data taken by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope instrument aboard SOHO (showing the green inner regions). Image credit: NASA/ESA Text credit: NASA's Earth Observatory
Date:
6/9/08
Identifier:
233547main_sohoeclipse_HI_full
MediaType:
Image
Year:
2008
What:
Moon
What:
Opportunity
What:
SOHO
What:
Sun
What:
Earth
What:
Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
Where:
Australia
