SDO Lunar transit (August 6, 2013)

SDO Lunar transit (August 6, 2013)

For almost 1 1/2 hours the Moon made an appearance in NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory's view on August 6, 2013. The Moon itself looks much bigger than the Sun – as the Moon is many times closer to Earth (and to SDO) than the Sun

SDO’s Earth eclipse and the lunar transit (March 11, 2013)

SDO’s Earth eclipse and the lunar transit (March 11, 2013)

On March 2, 2013, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) entered its semiannual eclipse season, a period of three weeks when Earth blocks its view of the Sun for a period of time each day. On March 11, 2013 SDO experienced two different eclipses – The Earth and the