Moon blackens the day in the Southern Hemisphere

Sentinel-3 OLCI FR & SLSTR RBT acquired on 14 December 2020 from 14:25:28 to 14:37:28 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR & SLSTR RBT acquired on 14 December 2020 from 15:04:47 to 15:16:47 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR & SLSTR RBT acquired on 14 December 2020 from 16:06:27 to 16:18:27 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): total solar eclipse, sun, moon, penumbra, obscuration, Chile, Argentina, South Pacific Ocean
Fig. 1 - S3 OLCI (14.12.2020) - A total eclipse happened on 14.12.2020, mostly over South America.
2D view
Fig. 2 - S3 SLSTR (14.12.2020) - Note the difference along the track and between the successive tracks.
2D view
Sentinel-3 imaged the darkened cloud cover around 4pm GMT at west of the coast of Chile as the Moon blocked sunlight.
Fig. 3 - S3 OLCI (14.12.2020) - Other parts of the South Pacific & South Atlantic were also obscured.
3D view
Fig. 4 - SLSTR (14.12.2020) - It happened at a local time not compatible with sunsynchronous S3A & S3B.
3D view
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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