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First Solar Eclipse Recorded From Moon

Posted by timothy on from the that-we-know-of dept.

dazza101 writes "For the first time ever, we have witnessed a solar eclipse from the moon. On 10 February 2009 Japan's Kaguya lunar orbiter captured the sight of the Earth eclipsing the sun. The spacecraft also recorded this video showing the Earth surrounded by a glowing ring and briefly forming the classic diamond ring that often occurs during a solar eclipse, as seen from down here on Earth."

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  1. Re:Am I the only one by doti · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...who watched the video and suddenly had a flashback of the POV-Ray rendering window? (the first half of the video, that is)

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  2. POV changes, name doesn't. by DavidTC · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This isn't a solar eclipse, this is a lunar eclipse.

    That's what it's called when the earth blocks the sunlight hitting the moon, which is what happened here.

    A solar eclipse is when the moon blocks the sunlight hitting the earth. (And would appear, from the moon, as a dark spot moving across the face of the earth.)

    Viewing it from the other place doesn't change the name of it. The names are not relative, they're legacy names that don't mean anything. (Otherwise a solar eclipse would be called an 'earth eclipse' or something.)

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  3. Re:even better by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Slightly older, also showing an eclipse and the earth, but taken from the shadow of saturn is this Astronomy picture of the day.