NASA’s Best Photos of the Great American Eclipse
Countless photographers tried their hands at capturing the Great American Eclipse yesterday, but leave it to NASA to nail some truly incredible shots. The agency has begun sharing some of its best work, giving us a different perspective of the awe-inspiring phenomenon.
One amazing sight NASA photographers were able to capture was the International Space Station passing in front of the Sun as the eclipse was underway.
7 photos of the ISS transit were combined to create this beautiful composite image:
Kowsky also shot the transit at 1,500 frames per second using a high-speed camera. Here’s the slow-motion video:
While photographers on Earth had their cameras pointed at the ISS, NASA was also shooting photos of the moon’s shadow covering the United States from the perspective of the space station:
NASA’s DSCOVR satellite captured this same shadow passing over Earth from 1 million miles away:
This 11-photo composite shows the progression of the eclipse as observed from Madras, Oregon:
Wide-angle composites were also used to beautifully capture this same progression across the sky:
Finally, here’s what the total solar eclipse looked like from a jet flying at 25,000 feet above Oregon:
Image credits: Header photo by NASA/David Cantillo
