Photos and videos of a solar eclipse March 9, 2016

The day before yesterday, a total solar eclipse occurred, which could be observed in Indonesia, Micronesia, and on some other Pacific islands. The maximum duration of the full phase was observed in the area of ​​the Caroline Islands.


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It's amazing that our hard editors have bypassed this news. Under the cut a small selection of photos and videos of this phenomenon.


Photo full phase made in the Indonesian city of Balikpapan. Author - Arief R. Sandan:


Fragment of a NASA live broadcast from Voleai Atoll (Federated States of Micronesia):


Video accelerated 30 times, with the capture of private phases:


Amateur video shot near the city of Palu (Indonesia). The author of the video, Sam Huang, shot not only the sky, but also the surrounding landscape and happy viewers, plunging into darkness. One of them even started dancing during the full phase :-)


This video was taken from the board of Alaska Airlines aircraft flying from Anchorage (Alaska) to Honolulu (Hawaii). The airline specially adjusted the flight plan to please the astronomy fans on board. It is better to watch without sound, the emotions of American passengers behind the scenes are hitting the edge :-)


Photo from the same flight # 870:


In order to feel like a man who has flown half the world after an eclipse and has broken off with the weather, open the following video in full screen. This is a 360-degree panorama, you can turn your head in different directions.


Landscape of Ternate Island (Indonesia) during an eclipse:


A large prominence in the photograph of Fabrizio Melandri, taken in the city of Balikpapan (Indonesia)


View of the eclipse from space, from the board of the Deep Space Climate Observatory :


An animation of the course of the eclipse, composed of images from the Japanese weather satellite Himawari 8 :


In Russia, the eclipse was not available for observation, with the exception of small private phases in the far east. I was content to photograph the thin sickle of a young Moon a day after the eclipse: