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                                2020 June 27

                            Eclipse under the ISS
                    Image Credit: NASA ISS Expedition 63

   Explanation: The dark shadow of the New Moon reached out and touched
   planet Earth on June 21. A high definition camera outside the
   International Space Station captured its passing in this snapshot from
   low Earth orbit near the border of Kazakhstan and China. Of course
   those along the Moon's central shadow track below could watch the much
   anticipated annular eclipse of the Sun. In the foreground a cargo
   spacecraft is docked with the orbital outpost. It's the H-II Transfer
   Vehicle-9 from JAXA the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

      Gallery: Notable images of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2020 June
                              submitted to APOD
                    Tomorrow's picture: moons and shadows
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