On February 25th there was a transit of the Moon across the face of the Sun – a solar eclipse – but it could not be seen from Earth. This sight was visible only from the STEREO-B spacecraft in its orbit about the sun, trailing behind the Earth. The two STEREO spacecraft were launched last October to study solar storm activity.
Because the STEREO-B spacecraft is about 1 million miles away from Earth, the Moon appears about five times smaller it does to us on Earth.
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How awesome is that?
Incidentally, NASA’s Image Gallery contains some of the coolest images in – literally – the universe. I can spend hours going through the gallery – it never, ever gets boring…