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There’s been a lot of talk around these parts about what an eclipse looks like to us humans on Earth—but it paints an eerie picture from up above too.

Japan’s Himawari Satellite caught this video from space, as an eclipse passed over the Earth. So now you know…

Stay tuned for the Great American Eclipse here in Oregon August 21!

Image Courtesy:
Himawari-8,
NASA‘s
SVS
(GSFC)

This article appears in Jul 20-26, 2017.

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Ever wonder what an eclipse looks like from space? Here ya go.

by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon
July 24, 2017

<h1>Ever wonder what an eclipse looks like from space? Here ya go.</h1> <p class="byline">by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />July 24, 2017</p> <p>There's been a lot of talk around these parts about what an eclipse looks like to us humans on Earth—but it paints an eerie picture from up above too.</p> <p>Japan's Himawari Satellite caught this video from space, as an eclipse passed over the Earth. So now you know...</p> <p>Stay tuned for the <a href="/bend/Eclipse2017/Page" target="_blank">Great American Eclipse</a> here in Oregon August 21!</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.youtube.com/embed/9Vp2jUQ4rNM </div> </figure> <p><b>Image Courtesy: </b><br /> <a href="http://www.jma-net.go.jp/msc/en/index.html">Himawari</a>-8, <br /> <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/">NASA</a>'s <br /> <a href="https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/">SVS</a> <br /> (<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/goddard">GSFC</a>)</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eclipse_2010_Hao_1.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/eclipse.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-26520" /></a></figure> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/ever-wonder-what-an-eclipse-looks-like-from-space-here-ya-go-3703595/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=26503&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/ever-wonder-what-an-eclipse-looks-like-from-space-here-ya-go-3703595/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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