across North America — and from space, satellites could see the shadow of the moon falling across those regions in real-time.
NOAA's GOES-16 weather satellite captured this view of the moon's shadow on North America during the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse.Meanwhile, the NOAA-20 weather satellite managed to show the difference between the eclipsed portion of North America and how it usually looks during non-eclipsed time, from its own vantage point in Earth orbit.
More satellites will join this group in the coming years. NOAA's GOES-U will fly on June 25, if schedules hold, to examine the, or outer atmosphere, of the sun. NOAA's Space Weather Follow On L1 is also expected to launch in 2025 to fly a million miles from Earth and examineIf you capture a photo of the April 8 total solar eclipse or any of these strange effects and would like to share it with Space.