Total solar eclipse of March 9, 2016 – best totality videos
Image credit: Alaska Airlines
Total solar eclipse of March 9, 2016, is now long over. If you missed the show, here is a collection of the best totality videos available today. Be sure not to miss the Alaska Airlines flight 870 video.
The Exploratorium and NASA went to Woleai, a tiny atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia, where they broadcasted the eclipse live. Their totality video is below:
Video courtesy NASA/Exploratorium
There was a solar prominence during this eclipse, visible on the video above (at the top) and on the close-up image below.
Image credit: NASA/SDO AIA 171 and 304 (01:39 UTC on March 9, 2016). Annotation: The Watchers
The following video shows how Japan's meteorological satellite Himawari-8 witnessed the event from its geostationary orbit:
Check out the total solar #Eclipse2016 via the Himawari Satellite. Incredible. https://t.co/7vAWETDNKn pic.twitter.com/XziEcgVHUA
— NWS Boise (@NWSBoise) March 9, 2016
Video credit: JMA/JAXA Himawari-8
A very interesting, and, in my opinion, the best, totality video came from veteran eclipse chasers aboard the Alaska Airlines flight 870 from Anchorage to Honolulu. They managed to persuade the Alaska Airlines to change the schedule of flight 870 so they and everybody aboard could enjoy the eclipse cloud-free. The story of how this came to be is really interesting, check it here. Thank you, Alaska Airlines!
Video courtesy Alaska Airlanes
Down below, this is how the totality manifested in the city of Palembang, Indonesia, the largest city along the path of totality.
RT@yusufpatriawan Total Eclipse in Palembang, Indonesia #gmtpalembang #Eclipse2016 #palembang #Indonesia pic.twitter.com/Bzd9tbnFpb
— Domenico Calia (@CaliaDomenico) March 9, 2016
Video courtesy Domenico Calia
The next video comes from Palu, Sulawesi Tengah…
Awesome time lapse video of the #Eclipse2016 from Palu, Sulawesi Tengah – Indonesia cc: @BungaTechnology pic.twitter.com/3FD1vxMy3n
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) March 9, 2016
Video courtesy Massimo
We'll keep adding more videos as they become available. Twitter's hashtag is #Eclipse2016.
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