3/22/13 Tech Article

     NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) had another "wow" moment when the latest transmissions from space turned up a couple of unique images of the sun in eclipse. The first shot, transmitted early morning on Saturday, March 2nd at around 2:15 ET, captured the sun partially blocked from view by the Earth. About five hours later, the SDO snapped a photo of the moon moving in front of the sun. These photos will continue to come for the next three weeks when Earth blocks the craft's view of the sun for a period of time each day. 

Sun partially blocked by the Moon