We've seen dozens and dozens of photos and videos of Friday's solar eclipse, but most of them have one thing in common: They're taken from Earth.
The European Space Agency posted an image of the eclipse as seen from an entirely different perspective: space. The agency's sun-watching Proba-2 mini-satellite took this photo Friday, using extreme ultraviolet wavelengths to capture the sun's corona.
The ESA also posted a short time-lapse video, showing various stages of the eclipse as seen from Proba-2.
VID: Our #Proba2 had a ringside seat of today's #SolarEclipse ! http://t.co/l8GClhB7Kq— ESA (@esa) March 20, 2015
Samantha Cristoferetti, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, took a stunning image of the eclipse from space as well, showing the moon's shadow on Earth's surface.
I think this is it: the umbra. Looking aft on our flightpath around maximum obscuration time. #SolarEclipse pic.twitter.com/rYz7UTpHLv— Sam Cristoforetti (@AstroSamantha) March 20, 2015
On Friday, the internet was swarmed with several spectacular-looking images that purportedly showed the eclipse from space, but many of them were either photoshopped or older images.
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