07-09-2016 15:13 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Double Eclipse! Earth and Moon Cross in Front of Sun (Photo)

A NASA satellite captured a far-out view last week when the moon and the Earth passed in front of the sun simultaneously. The double eclipse was captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), a satellite designed to monitor the sun and its atmosphere. The SDO is in geosynchronous orbit above a ground station in New Mexico, to which the satellite transmits its data.
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