¿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2020 December 29 IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/4Kkd2k0pDsI?rel=0 Earth During a Total Solar Eclipse Video Credit: [3]GOES-16, [4]ABI, [5]NOAA, [6]NASA Explanation: What does the Earth look like during a total solar eclipse? It appears [7]dark in the region where people see the eclipse, because that's where the [8]shadow of the Moon falls. The shadow spot rapidly shoots across the [9]Earth at nearly 2,000 kilometers per hour, darkening locations in its path -- typically for only a few minutes -- before moving on. The [10]featured video shows the Earth during the [11]total solar eclipse earlier this month. The time-lapse sequence, taken from a [12]geostationary satellite, starts with the [13]Earth below showing night but the sun soon rises at the lower right. [14]Clouds shift as day breaks over the [15]blue planet. Suddenly the [16]circular shadow of the [17]Moon appears on the left and moves rapidly across [18]South America, disappearing on the lower right. The video ends as nightfall begins again. The [19]next total solar eclipse will occur next December -- but be [20]visible only from parts of Antarctica. Gallery: [21]Notable images of the recent Total Solar Eclipse submitted to APOD Tomorrow's picture: planets dance __________________________________________________________________ [22]< | [23]Archive | [24]Submissions | [25]Index | [26]Search | [27]Calendar | [28]RSS | [29]Education | [30]About APOD | [31]Discuss | [32]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [33]Robert Nemiroff ([34]MTU) & [35]Jerry Bonnell ([36]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [37]Specific rights apply. [38]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [39]ASD at [40]NASA / [41]GSFC & [42]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4Kkd2k0pDsI?rel=0 3. https://www.goes-r.gov/ 4. https://www.goes-r.gov/mission/ABI-bands-quick-info.html 5. https://www.noaa.gov/ 6. https://www.nasa.gov/ 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170820.html 8. https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_feature/public/solar-eclipse-diagram.jpg 9. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/overview/ 10. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147659/shadows-from-a-solar-eclipse 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201218.html 12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_orbit 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170709.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171127.html 15. https://www.planetary.org/worlds/pale-blue-dot 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110102.html 17. https://youtu.be/Snr73Og3Rbk?t=13 18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America 19. https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/list-total-solar.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170730.html 21. https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.3216915061746024 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201228.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 26. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 31. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=201229 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201230.html 33. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 34. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 35. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 36. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 37. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 38. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 39. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 40. https://www.nasa.gov/ 41. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 42. http://www.mtu.edu/