NASA SDO - Eclipse on September 12, 2011 @LittleSDOHMI

Uploaded September 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has eclipse seasons twice a year near each equinox. For three weeks near midnight Las Cruces time (about 0700 UT) our orbit has the Earth pass between SDO and the Sun. These eclipses can last up to 72 minutes in the middle of an eclipse season. The current eclipse season started on September 11 and lasts until October 4. The continuous contact with the ground station our orbit allows was judged to outweigh the loss of some images.

Credit: NASA SDO

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