solar

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Another image captures the total solar eclipse that occurred when the moon blocked the sun from the crew’s perspective.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

The second photograph shows the spectacular solar eclipse to which the astronauts were treated as the Moon blocked out the Sun.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

The trees and the vegetation were beautiful but where I was they blocked the solar panels on the path.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Toward the end of the flyby, the astronauts will experience a rare phenomenon: a solar eclipse.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

“Anywhere between eight days and a halfmonth, depending on where it is in its solar orbit relative to Gethen. It might be on the other side of the sun.”

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin