1 00:00:05,790 --> 00:00:04,230 nasa's epic has captured something rare 2 00:00:08,230 --> 00:00:05,800 a solar eclipse 3 00:00:10,950 --> 00:00:08,240 [Music] 4 00:00:13,110 --> 00:00:10,960 pointing at our planet from nearly one 5 00:00:16,230 --> 00:00:13,120 million miles away 6 00:00:19,429 --> 00:00:16,240 the earth polychromatic imaging camera 7 00:00:22,310 --> 00:00:19,439 or epic snaps more than a dozen photos 8 00:00:27,429 --> 00:00:25,029 the high quality images are useful for 9 00:00:30,790 --> 00:00:27,439 monitoring factors like the planet's 10 00:00:33,510 --> 00:00:30,800 vegetation cloud height ozone and 11 00:00:36,709 --> 00:00:33,520 wildfire smoke 12 00:00:39,670 --> 00:00:36,719 these images taken by epic on june 10th 13 00:00:44,470 --> 00:00:39,680 2021 show what earth looks like from 14 00:00:46,709 --> 00:00:44,480 space during an annular solar eclipse 15 00:00:49,830 --> 00:00:46,719 a solar eclipse occurs when the moon is 16 00:00:52,389 --> 00:00:49,840 positioned between the sun and earth 17 00:00:55,830 --> 00:00:52,399 the moon's shadow is projected onto 18 00:01:01,110 --> 00:00:58,869 an annular eclipse takes place when the 19 00:01:02,470 --> 00:01:01,120 moon is near its farthest point from 20 00:01:04,789 --> 00:01:02,480 earth 21 00:01:09,590 --> 00:01:04,799 the moon appears smaller than the sun in 22 00:01:15,109 --> 00:01:12,550 as the two align the sun appears as a 23 00:01:17,590 --> 00:01:15,119 ring of fire surrounding the dark disk 24 00:01:20,870 --> 00:01:17,600 of the moon 25 00:01:24,789 --> 00:01:20,880 epic sits aboard noaa's deep space 26 00:01:27,270 --> 00:01:24,799 climate observatory satellite discover 27 00:01:29,350 --> 00:01:27,280 since its launch in 2015 it has been 28 00:01:32,230 --> 00:01:29,360 orbiting a point of gravitational 29 00:01:36,630 --> 00:01:32,240 balance between the sun and earth known 30 00:01:41,990 --> 00:01:39,030 epic's unique perspective gives us 31 00:01:44,069 --> 00:01:42,000 insight into how our planet is changing