2024年03月24日:日全食时的地球-（Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth）--原图下载
Image Credit: Mir 27 Crew; Copyright: CNES
说明: 这是日食期间的地球景观。月球的暗影会使部份地球表面变暗，而月影以每小时接近2000公里的速度，扫过 地球。只有在圆形暗影中心附近的观察者，才能看到日全食，其他区域的人，则看见了部分太阳被月亮遮住的日偏食。这张精彩的照片摄于1999年8月11日，时值日食发生之时，而它是和平号太空站拍摄的最末批照片之一。影像左上角的二个亮点，咸认为是木星与土星。这座太空站于2001年接到脱离轨道、受控重返地球大气的指令。再过大约2星期，北美洲可见到另一例新日食。
原文：
Image Credit: Mir 27 Crew; Copyright: CNES
Explanation: Here is what the Earth looks like during asolar eclipse.Theshadowof theMoon can be seen darkening part ofEarth.This shadow movedacross theEarth at nearly 2000 kilometers per hour.Only observers near the center of thedark circle see a total solar eclipse -others see a partial eclipse where only part of theSun appears blocked by the Moon.This spectacular picture of the 1999 August 11solar eclipsewas one of the last evertaken from the Mir space station.The two bright spots that appear on the upper left are thought to beJupiter and Saturn.Mir was deorbited in acontrolled re-entry in 2001.A new solar eclipse will occur over North America in about two weeks.
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