NASA has some truly spectacular sungazing or sun-observing instruments. One of the instruments recently caught the Moon passing in front of the Sun in a partial eclipse as seen from space.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured the Moon passing between the observatory and the Sun on June 29 during a beautiful partial eclipse.
At the height of the eclipse, the Moon covers 67% of the Sun, and its 'mountains' are illuminated by the Sun's fire. SDO captures the eclipse from its unique vantage point in space that is not visible from Earth.
Quoted from IFL Science, Monday (4/7/2022) SDO is studying how solar activity creates and drives space weather, for example, how coronal mass ejections (CME) can create solar storms on Earth, give us beautiful auroras, and cause solar flares. occasional power outage.
The sun is still three years away from the peak activity of the solar cycle, which is expected to occur in July 2025. However, it has been unusually active this early.
NASA's solar-observation instruments have captured several times of activity showing several powerful flares, sunspots, CMEs, and even less recent regions of co-rotation interactions.
On the other hand, it allows NASA's solar-gathering instruments to capture some pretty good space weather photography to enjoy, like this image of the eclipse from space.