You ’ve no doubt seen thestream of mind - blowing photosof solar eclipse take from Earth and perhaps even a few images from the International Space Station in down in the mouth - Earth orbit . If you are lucky enough , you might have even one with your own eyes .

NASA has releasedan image of the big 2017 occultation from the view of the Moon itself , as its phantom sped across the US at 670 meters per second ( 1,500 miles per hour ) .

The image was study at 2:25:30 PM EDT ( 18:25:30 UTC ) on August 21 , the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. of the solar eclipse , by NASA ’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter as the Moon ’s shadow passed over the Earth just north of Nashville , Tennessee .

This orbiter was launchedon June 18 , 2009 . During its incumbency , it has captured some stunning figure   that have develop our discernment of the Solar System , all while beingmighty fine to look at . Its onboard Narrow Angle Camera builds up an image line by line , unlike a “ shot ” taken on your phone or a conventional television camera . In this image , for example , it involve over 52,224 lines to compose the image over a time duo of around 18 seconds .

While the entire solar eclipse grapple Earthlings in the US , it was more or less a normal Clarence Shepard Day Jr. on the Moon away from the unusual shadow down below .

“ The lunar nearside was one week into its two - week dark , while the Sun shone on the farside in the middle of its two - week day,“Dr Mark Robinson , main police detective for the imaging system on NASA ’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter , said ina comment . " For the Moon , and the LRO ballistic capsule observing the Moon , the real excitement is during a lunar occultation , when the fantasm of the Earth sweep across the Moon . "

“ During this time the lunar airfoil temperatures drop rapidly and LRO ’s thermal imager , the Diviner Lunar Radiometer , can learn about the material place of the rocks and soils by contemplate their temperature just after the brightness level abruptly go out , " he added . " Though for the LRO space vehicle itself , the Earth ’s shadow means that most of the other instruments must be powered down because of the lack of power make out from the solar panels . ”