2014ase

Annular Solar Eclipse
2014 April 29

This eclipse was visible as an annulus only over a tiny part of central Antarctica, but even so, a few hardy souls managed to reach the site and view the eclipse. Satellites also had a difficult view, but managed to capture the passage of the shadow on the limb of the Earth.

This annular eclipse was only central over a small part of Antarctica.

Animation of the passage of the lunar shadow created in WinEclipse, a program developed by the late Heinz Scsibrany.

From Meteosat 7, the eclipse was visible as a dusky shadow on the southern limb. Image: EUMETSAT.

The eclipse shadow is easily seen while in motion in this Meteosat 7 animation. Source: EUMETSAT.

A view of the lunar shadow from a more southerly viewpoint. This image was produced by remapping the geostationary data. Image: EUMETSAT

Animation of lunar shadow from a remapped southerly viewpoint. Source: EUMETSAT.

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