Eclipse formation (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Eclipse formation

Caption

Viewed from behind the Moon, the Sun images projected by lunar valleys on the Moon’s edge fall on the Earth’s surface in a flower-like pattern with a hole in the middle, forming the umbra shape.

Credit

NASA SVS/Ernie Wright

Usage Restrictions

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License

Public Domain

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