Solar Eclipse 2024: NASA and Elon Musk Offer Glimpse of Phenomenon from Space and Earth Orbit

NASA and Elon Musk Offer Glimpse of Phenomenon from Space and Earth Orbit.

Solar Eclipse 2024: On Monday, millions of Americans, Canadians, and Mexicans witnessed a total solar eclipse across the path of totality.

It was estimated that 31.6 million people living in the path of totality witnessed the total solar eclipse in 2024, along with 150 million others within 322 kilometers of the path of totality.

Several densely populated cities and areas were on the path of totality.

A NASA video shared on social media site X shows what astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) saw during a solar eclipse.

Total solar eclipses happen when the moon completely blocks the sun's face as it passes between the Earth and the sun.

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Areas where the moon's shadow completely covers the sun are part of the path of totality, so those living there experience a total solar eclipse.

Ever seen a total solar #eclipse from space?

Here is our astronauts' view from the @Space_Station pic.twitter.com/2VrZ3Y1Fqz

— NASA (@NASA) April 8, 2024

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of the social media platform X, tweeted a video of an eclipse seen from orbit. Watch here the "view of the eclipse from orbit". This video clip too showed a shadow of the Moon cast on a particular area on Earth. Watch here the "view of the solar eclipse from a Starlink satellite on orbit".

View of the eclipse from orbit
pic.twitter.com/2jQGNhPf2v

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 9, 2024

On Monday, a total solar eclipse raced across North America during the midday hours, thrilling those lucky enough to observe it through clear skies.

Watching eclipse with sunglasses on through the Model S glass roof. Wow!

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 21, 2017

It was the biggest eclipse audience on the continent, with several hundred million people living in or near the shadow's path and scores of out-of-towners flocking to see it.

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