Editor’s Note, April 16, 2024: This story has been updated to remove an unclear secondary image and caption. As the Moon blotted out the Sun to viewers across the United States during the April 8 solar eclipse, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured an image from some 223,000 miles away of the highly anticipated celestial […]
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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), 2024 Solar Eclipse, Earth's Moon, Goddard Space Flight Center, The Solar System
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April 15, 2024
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