               APOD: 2017 August 31 - Lunar View, Solar Eclipse

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                                2017 August 31
                                      [2]
                          Lunar View, Solar Eclipse
       Image Credit: NASA [3]  / GSFC [4]  / Arizona State Univ. / Lunar
                          Reconnaissance Orbiter [5]

Explanation: Orbiting above the lunar nearside [6]  on August 21, the Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter turned to look back on a bright, Full Earth. As
anticipated its Narrow Angle Camera scanned this sharp view [7] of our fair
planet, catching the shadow of the Moon racing along a path [8] across the
United States at about 1,500 miles per hour. In fact, the dark lunar shadow is
centered over Hopkinsville, Kentucky [9]  at 1:25:30 Central Daylight Time.
From there, the New Moon blocked the Sun high in clear skies for about 2
minutes and 40 seconds in a total solar eclipse [10] .

                   Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space [11]

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