I don't know of an instance where a manned spacecraft passed through the
moon's shadow during an eclipse.
The 200 miles would make very little difference in the apparent size of the
moon (1 part in 1000 or so) so the corona would still be there.
-Leonard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Britton" <rjb2001@yahoo.com>
To: <sf-bay-tac@seds.org>
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 3:11 PM
Subject: p: [TAC] TAC - Photo of the Day - Eclipse from Mir
> What a great Photo of The Day on the TAC website today!
>
> A very nice shot of the shadow of the moon on Earth as seen from the
> Mir space station during a solar eclipse.
>
> Here is the URL to the photo if you missed it on the photo of the day.
> http://observers.org/tac.photos/eclipse99_mir.jpg
>
> This is something I had never thought of... what would an solar eclipse
> look like from space? Guess I know the answer now.
>
> Anyone else have or know where on the web I might find more pictures of
> solar eclipses from space?
>
> How about a picture of the moon from earth orbit when spacecraft is in
> the shadow of the moon during eclipse. I assume that you would not see
> the corona as you would be too close to the moon or would 200 miles up
> make a difference?
>
> -Ron Britton-
>
>
>
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Received on Mon Apr 25 20:17:02 2005
