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Old 30-March-2006, 03:33 AM
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Default Space Station Captures Images of the Solar Eclipse
SUMMARY: The Moon passed in front of the Sun on March 29, 2006, right on schedule, and skywatchers across Africa, the Middle East and Asia were treated to a total solar eclipse. But astronauts on board the International Space Station got to see the eclipse from a unique perspective: from space. They saw the Moon obscure the Sun, but they could also see the Moon's shadow darkening the Earth below them.

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