Earth Sun ID: 12669

A New View of August's Total Solar Eclipse

Released on July 20, 2017

During the August 2017 total solar eclipse, scientists will use the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) on the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite, along with measurements taken from within the moon's shadow on the ground, to test a new model of Earth's energy budget.

DSCOVR's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) will capture images similar to this one from the Lagrange 1 point, about a million miles away from Earth.

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Kathryn Mersmann (USRA): Lead Producer
Kasha Patel (Wyle Information Systems): Lead Writer
Kasha Patel (Wyle Information Systems): Narrator
Rani Gran (NASA/GSFC): Editor
Jay Herman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center