• MODIS Pic of the Day 26 October 2022

    From Dan Richter@1:317/3 to All on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 12:00:10
    October 26, 2022 - Partial Solar Eclipse over Turkey

    Solar Eclipse
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    The noon-time sky turned amber over Turkey and the Black Sea on October
    25, 2022, thanks to the second—and final—solar eclipse of the year. As
    the view from the ground showed a crescent-like sun partially covered
    by the moon, the view from space captured a broad shadow cast by the
    partial solar eclipse across the Earth. The silvery-white circle which
    shines in the shadow’s edge is Lake Tuz, Turkey, and not part of the
    eclipse.

    The moon began to cross in front of the sun over the northern Atlantic
    Ocean, at 4:58 a.m. EDT (0858 UTC). The eclipse could be seen across
    most of Europe, northeast Africa, Turkey, the Middle East, and Western
    Asia before it ended at 9:02 a.m. EDT (1302 UTC) just south of India.
    The peak of the eclipse, with the moon blocked about 82 percent of the
    sun, occurred about 7:00 a.m. EDT (1100 UTC) and could be seen in
    regions close to the North Pole. The Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
    figures are relevant for the readers in the Eastern United States,
    where the eclipse was not visible. In Turkey, the eclipse was near
    maximum around 12:30 p.m. local time.

    Image Facts
    Satellite: Aqua
    Date Acquired: 10/25/2022
    Resolutions: 1km (4.9 MB), 500m (3.4 MB), 250m ( B)
    Bands Used: 1,4,3
    Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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