Solar Eclipses seen by satellite (Forwarded)
- From: Andrew Yee <""ayee \"@ nova.astro.utoronto.ca">
- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:40:38 -0500
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March 23, 2006
Solar Eclipses seen by Satellite
On 29 March, the shadow of the moon will cross the Earth, resulting in a partial eclipse for most parts of Northern Europe.
For those of you interested in seeing more, Turkey or Northern Africa will be the place to go! In Germany the eclipse will -- hopefully -- be viewable between 11:40 in Southern Germany and 11:55 in Northern Germany with a black moon starting to cover the South Western rim of the sun.
An alternative is of course to follow the eclipse by satellite -- EUMETSAT has made a loop of the March 2006 eclipse here:
* Animation (AVI, 2314 KB <http://www.eumetsat.int/groups/ops/documents/multimedia/avi_eclipse_2006_29_03.avi>) of the eclipse, from 29 March 2006, 07:00 to 11:45 UTC. We see how the shadow of the Moon sweeps over the Atlantic Ocean, crosses the Sahara and over Turkey. The track of the Moon's shadow across Earth's surface is called the path of totality. It is typically around 16,000 kilometres long but only 160 kilometres or so wide. In order to see the Sun totally eclipsed by the Moon, you must be in the path of totality.
* Shadow of the moon crossing Turkey on 29 March at 10:45 UTC (JPG, 139 KB <http://www.eumetsat.int/groups/public/documents/image/img_jpg_homepage_eclipse01.jpg>).
* Global view of the eclipse, from MSG channel 2 (VIS0.8) (JPG, 540 KB <http://www.eumetsat.int/groups/ops/documents/image/img_jpg_eclipse_062903_ch2_big.jpg>). The eclipse is over Sahara, 29 March 2006, 09:45 UTC.
* The eclipse seen from MSGs High Resolution Visible channel (JPG, 426 KB <http://www.eumetsat.int/groups/ops/documents/image/img_jpg_hrv_eclipse_1268x861.jpg>). The eclipse is over Sahara, 29 March 2006, 09:45 UTC.
EUMETSAT's image gallery [<http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=95&l=en>] contains several examples of the moon's shadow on the earth's surface captured during solar eclipses, including the total eclipse that occurred in August 1999 over Europe and of 4 December 2002 over the southern part of the Indian Ocean.
For more information on how satellite observations provide the scientific community with data on this phenomenon, the link below will take you to the webpages of Kees Floor, Dutch meteorological specialist and writer, who has provided a comprehensive overview on the eclipse phenomenon using EUMETSAT (and other!) satellite imagery:
http://www.keesfloor.nl/artikelen/zenit/zonsverd-sat/engels.htm
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