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October 26, 2022 - Partial Solar Eclipse over Turkey
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The noon-time sky turned amber over Turkey and the Black Sea on October 25, 2022, thanks to the second—and final—solar eclipse of the year. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) acquired a true-color image of the scene as the eclipse was underway on that same day.
As the view from the ground showed a crescent-like sun partially covered by the moon, the view from space captured a broad shadow cast by the partial solar eclipse across the Earth. The silvery-white circle which shines in the shadow’s edge is Lake Tuz, Turkey, and not part of the eclipse.
The moon began to cross in front of the sun over the northern Atlantic Ocean, at 4:58 a.m. EDT (0858 UTC). The eclipse could be seen across most of Europe, northeast Africa, Turkey, the Middle East, and Western Asia before it ended at 9:02 a.m. EDT (1302 UTC) just south of India. The peak of the eclipse, with the moon blocked about 82 percent of the sun, occurred about 7:00 a.m. EDT (1100 UTC) and could be seen in regions close to the North Pole. The Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) figures are relevant for the readers in the Eastern United States, where the eclipse was not visible. In Turkey, the eclipse was near maximum around 12:30 p.m. local time.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Aqua
Date Acquired: 10/25/2022
Resolutions:
1km (4.9 MB), 500m (3.4 MB), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
The noon-time sky turned amber over Turkey and the Black Sea on October 25, 2022, thanks to the second—and final—solar eclipse of the year. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) acquired a true-color image of the scene as the eclipse was underway on that same day.
As the view from the ground showed a crescent-like sun partially covered by the moon, the view from space captured a broad shadow cast by the partial solar eclipse across the Earth. The silvery-white circle which shines in the shadow’s edge is Lake Tuz, Turkey, and not part of the eclipse.
The moon began to cross in front of the sun over the northern Atlantic Ocean, at 4:58 a.m. EDT (0858 UTC). The eclipse could be seen across most of Europe, northeast Africa, Turkey, the Middle East, and Western Asia before it ended at 9:02 a.m. EDT (1302 UTC) just south of India. The peak of the eclipse, with the moon blocked about 82 percent of the sun, occurred about 7:00 a.m. EDT (1100 UTC) and could be seen in regions close to the North Pole. The Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) figures are relevant for the readers in the Eastern United States, where the eclipse was not visible. In Turkey, the eclipse was near maximum around 12:30 p.m. local time.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Aqua
Date Acquired: 10/25/2022
Resolutions:
1km (4.9 MB), 500m (3.4 MB), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
