Millions of North Americans witnessed a total solar eclipse on Monday
Billionaire Elon Musk was among the North Americans who witnessed the first total solar eclipse in seven years on Monday.
“So cool to see the solar eclipse in Austin. It happened here again 27 years ago,” he wrote on X.
It was so cool to see the eclipse from Austin. It happened here again about 27 years ago. pic.twitter.com/lyNfBIyjb5
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 8, 2024
Elon Musk also shared a video of the solar eclipse, captured from Earth orbit by his aerospace company SpaceX’s Starlink satellite.
In the 21-second video, the moon’s shadow can be seen moving across the Earth.
Watch the solar eclipse from orbit
pic.twitter.com/2jQGNhPf2v— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 9, 2024
SpaceX’s Starlink owns about 60% of the approximately 7,500 satellites orbiting Earth.
Total solar eclipse seen from space
NASA also shared a video of the total solar eclipse seen from space.
Video shows what astronauts see from the International Space Station.
Have you ever seen full solar energy? #eclipse From space?
This is what our astronauts see from space @spacestationpic.twitter.com/2VrZ3Y1Fqz
— NASA (@NASA) April 8, 2024
According to NASA, the space station experienced about 90 percent of the total energy during the flyby.
NASA flight engineers Matthew Dominic and Janet Epps were orbiting 260 miles above southeastern Canada as the moon’s shadow moved across Earth.
Solar eclipse fever sweeps North America
Solar eclipse fever swept North America on Monday, attracting tens of millions of people with stunning celestial spectacles.
At 18:07 GMT, the moon’s shadow plunged the Pacific coast of Mexico into total darkness before sweeping across the United States, returning to the ocean off Canada’s Atlantic coast less than an hour and a half after landfall.
According to NASA, the path of totality is 185 kilometers wide and is home to nearly 32 million Americans.
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