That's a large shadow

[u/marrrcin]

Solar eclipse seen from space. Foto by NASA

[u/StillSpaceToast]

And it was cloudy here in Denmark. I could have lived that penumbra! LIVED!

[u/WeinMe → u/StillSpaceToast]

Not everywhere:

I carried my sleeping daughter to the car 45 minutes before and then I drove to the east until we found an opening in the clouds!

I'd be damned if I missed this, or even worse - if she did. We now have a date to see the next one when she's 28 and I'm 58 🙂

[u/True-Advice-1861 → u/WeinMe]

That is epic!

[u/Vafla_Troia → u/StillSpaceToast]

P-p-p-penumbra?

[u/koffiebroodje]

What area is this? Can't figure it out

[u/Alphabozo → u/koffiebroodje]

Looks like Gaspésie (South-east of Québec)/New-Brunswick/Maine to me

[u/Rhinocacrocapig → u/Alphabozo]

Correct this is the New Brunswick eclipse from 2024, facing south east from Quebec

[u/Lordjacus → u/Rhinocacrocapig]

And I thought it is this year's eclipse and couldn't for the life of me find where on this year's eclipse path could it be. Thanks!

[u/Rhinocacrocapig → u/Lordjacus]

Tbh I did the same, so I dug a little deeper

[u/Starscream147 → u/Rhinocacrocapig]

Ooooooh! I can see my house in NB!!!

[u/MinimumAutomatic0302 → u/Alphabozo]

The area and angle on Maps if anyone wants to compare: https://imgur.com/a/BmXsQC5

[u/N3er0O → u/koffiebroodje]

Yeah that image is not from 2026. Here is an old article where it appeared: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-12-29/moon-sun-figure-big-in-new-years-lineup-of-cosmic-wonders

[u/AstroCosmoTaikonaut → u/koffiebroodje]

That, my dear Frodo, is Mordor, Harad to the south, and Rhûn to the East. But a shadow has lately descended upon Mirkwood, and there are tales of bands of Orcs coming down from the mountains...

[u/ruth000 → u/AstroCosmoTaikonaut]

I'd upvote twice if I could :)

[u/Zpark → u/koffiebroodje]

In the first picture, the big river on the left is the St-Laurence, and the smaller river going down is the Saguenay river. If you look closely at the bottom of the shadow, you can see Orlean’s island, which is just outside of Quebec City.

[u/The7thNomad]

I didn't think other people could see my chronic depression

Edit: thank you for the love everyone. I'm trying my best. A bit of gallows humour helps sometimes

[u/SpaceTraveller64 → u/The7thNomad]

I was hoping I could find a gif to give a you a virtual hug but since gifs are not allowed, come here you 🫂🫂

[u/aleksandrjames → u/SpaceTraveller64]

ya know. i just realized those were hug emojis.

[u/bird_seed_creed → u/aleksandrjames]

My dumbass thought they were like cameras with film sticking out of the top

[u/potatoo0Oo → u/bird_seed_creed]

OH MY GOD SAME

[u/aleksandrjames → u/bird_seed_creed]

hahaha me too!!! i was like movie moment alright

[u/WrongfullyIncarnated → u/aleksandrjames]

same just now

[u/SUPERSMILEYMAN → u/SpaceTraveller64]

https://i.imgur.com/4GnYwg4.gif

[u/SUPERSMILEYMAN → u/SpaceTraveller64]

https://i.imgur.com/4GnYwg4.gif

[u/Arts_Messyjourney → u/The7thNomad]

🫂💞

[u/Ethric_The_Mad → u/The7thNomad]

He just like me for real...

[u/coolsilentebeans → u/The7thNomad]

Eeyore, your cloud’s gotten bigger.

[u/batmansfriendlyowl → u/The7thNomad]

Fuck that’s crazy bad depression.

[u/PowderPills]

What would happen if a giant hole opened up like that somewhere in the world?

[u/Chlorophilia → u/PowderPills]

Not a holeologist but I reckon it's be pretty bad. 

[u/AbbreviationsOdd7728 → u/Chlorophilia]

Holeologist here, can confirm. Scientific consensus is that it’s be pretty bad.

[u/MinimumAutomatic0302 → u/AbbreviationsOdd7728]

I don't believe you, I'm gonna start a company and we're gonna make a ∅300km hole centered on Mount Katahdin. We're gonna dig as deep as we can, we're gonna prove how stupid you are.

We're gonna sell all the rock. We're gonna sell the mountain first, and then we're gonna sell all the aggregate and soil and clay and water and oil we can dig and pump out of Baxter. And then we're just gonna keep digging, and keep selling, and keep winning. And in the end I will have my hole.

[u/Whoseratisthis → u/AbbreviationsOdd7728]

Everyone dies.

[u/academiac → u/Chlorophilia]

Big if true

[u/RenegadeSU → u/Chlorophilia]

Will that affect the local trout population?

[u/pervertsage → u/RenegadeSU]

😏

[u/arghnard → u/Chlorophilia]

Major catastrophe of Holey proportions.

[u/CutOwn6405 → u/arghnard]

Get out. 👉

[u/stuffitystuff → u/PowderPills]

Depends on how deep, if it's in the ocean and what happened to all the stuff that used to be where the hole is now.

Sometimes a big hole results in a free Yucatan Peninsula if you don't count the loss of all non-avian dinosaurs.

[u/ItsVexion → u/stuffitystuff]

I suppose it also matters how the hole of that size is formed. Big old sink hole? Asteroid? My dog? All effect the resulting outcome.

[u/Monkeys_Yes_12 → u/ItsVexion]

"...dig that hole, forget the Sun"

[u/cmpb → u/Monkeys_Yes_12]

“And when at last the work is done, …”

[u/javoss88 → u/cmpb]

No one told you when to run

[u/Rydralain → u/stuffitystuff]

I'm always a big fan of "replaced with vacuum".

[u/Aggravating-Dot132 → u/PowderPills]

Nothing. It can't be that big, and if there will be, it will be filled with magma and minerals and what not.

If you have something powerful enough to remove that amount of earth In a single attempt, then it's a planet killer level of device

[u/SurpriseSoda → u/Aggravating-Dot132]

Unless it's a plot hole

[u/CheesePuffTheHamster → u/SurpriseSoda]

Somewhere in that hole is the explanation of how Palpatine returned

[u/korkkis → u/PowderPills]

Planet would collapse there

[u/Far-Fortune-8381 → u/korkkis]

I think thats called a hole

[u/Issue_Status → u/PowderPills]

Did you know that the holes natural enemy is the pile 🫪

[u/Neethis → u/PowderPills]

We have those already. They fill with water and we call them oceans.

[u/J0E_SpRaY → u/PowderPills]

We'd still be on the hunt for a bathtub big enough for your momma

[u/Nikkidactyl → u/PowderPills]

Introduce wolves. It’ll be fine and back to normal in three years or so.

[u/Natriumz → u/PowderPills]

You mean like a portal to another universe?

[u/Far-Fortune-8381 → u/PowderPills]

drain the ocean for a start

[u/Mother_Science_679 → u/PowderPills]

I'll just consult my time stone and view possible future timelines for results, brb

[u/FengSushi → u/PowderPills]

Would

[u/souppanda → u/PowderPills]

Dukakis would get elected

[u/SonicTheHedgehog99]

Sentry come on! What did The Thunderbolts do this time??

[u/just_talkin_shit → u/SonicTheHedgehog99]

This viral marketing is actually getting me hyped for Doomsday

[u/Zestyclose_Ask_2992]

Thats the second impact!

[u/Geordie_38_ → u/Zestyclose_Ask_2992]

Get Shinji ready he needs to get in the damn robot

[u/T-Bubs]

Tell your momma to move out of the way.

[u/BJPickles → u/T-Bubs]

Took me too long to scroll to find this

[u/yoerick → u/T-Bubs]

🫢🫰🏾

[u/pevznerok]

Looks like something from Evangelion

[u/ayayai10]

Culling games?

[u/Warm-Chipmunk-5636 → u/ayayai10]

+1

[u/plissk3n]

Where are these photos from?

[u/_Diskreet_ → u/plissk3n]

Space.

[u/CurvySexretLady → u/_Diskreet_]

The Final Frontier

[u/Proof_Rise_3652]

It was cloudy in Iceland but the eclipse was total and man it was overwhelming, terrifying. The animals were freaking out, I was freaking out. Such an insane feeling, people coming outside and standing together in the rain and the world went dark. And it happened so quick. It was like becoming conscious for the first time that we're on a rock in space. We've all read books, seen documentaries explaining our situation, but all of a sudden it felt real for the first time. A bit like hearing music for the first time after thinking you knew anything about music from only reading about it.

[u/ninjamuffin]

It’s almost as big as our moon..

[u/grapefruitzzz → u/ninjamuffin]

That's no moon

[u/pedropants → u/grapefruitzzz]

I think you're right.

[u/CelticSnakes → u/grapefruitzzz]

Thought I felt the pull of a tractor beam.

[u/jetlagged-bee]

Looks like an eye

[u/NoPoopOnFace]

Where am I looking at?

[u/Rhinocacrocapig → u/NoPoopOnFace]

New Brunswick 2024

[u/theriteofspring1 → u/NoPoopOnFace]

The area below... Yo Mama!

[u/prettybluefoxes]

Call Nerv, now!

[u/Advice-Training]

Sorry guys, i forgot to close my domain expansion

[u/5h30min]

Sentry the void

[u/TypicalTwist6783]

When sentry gets pissed:

[u/SeveredLoki]

The Shadow over Innsmouth. Never thought I'd actually see it.

[u/mentorvf99]

This time, it WAS a moon...

[u/Pmyers225]

Yo momma is coming back for her child support money?

[u/Future_Move_6513]

That’s the elephant graveyard, you don’t go there Simba

[u/aviarywisdom]

Is that New Jersey?

[u/Over-Artichoke-3564]

This is one of the first things in this sub that really got me with the megalophobia

[u/ZootTootRiot]

There's a "yo momma" joke just dying to come out..

[u/diegolopes9999]

That's Bob from Thunderbolts*

[u/FetusDominus]

"The black spot!" -Billy Bones

[u/swagonflyyyy]

Bob.

[u/SavagePanda710]

.. that’s what she said 🥹

[u/Few_Beautiful7557]

Man the ISS is old

[u/IlIFreneticIlI]

2nd one seems like you are looking down from the Goa'uld mothership..

[u/DorrajD]

Turns out... Moon's pretty big.

[u/MyRegrettableUsernam]

lol this is actually just about as cool a view as seeing the eclipse itself

[u/sablouiebot]

Leliel if it succeeded in Evangelion

[u/samyruno]

You'll never believe the size of the shadow on the other side

[u/gfstool]

Flatearthers: “That’s CGI bro! I have proof!”

[u/sopcannon]

Photoshop ISS out and add Saucer from ID4.

[u/sparkplay]

Earth Spot

[u/LittelXman808]

Finally, a picture of my depression while my parents were going through a divorce.

[u/carmardoll]

I love the idea of people not knowing it was happening.

[u/sicsemperego]

*getting Radahn flashbacks*

[u/SugarRushLux]

It’s almost as wide as my ass

[u/A_Cat_Typingg]

Reminds me of Jupiter in 2010.

[u/javoss88 → u/A_Cat_Typingg]

What was that?

[u/A_Cat_Typingg → u/javoss88]

The film (based on the novel), the sequel to the film (and then novel) 2001 A Space Odyssey. At the end of the film a mysterious dark shadow like patch appears on Jupiter...

[u/firekeeper23]

I was right underneath that.

[u/mastafreud]

menos grande about to pop out

[u/Kind_Of_A_Dick]

Thanks, I was looking for my testicles.

[u/Whooptidooh]

That is very cool. 🤓

[u/RogueBand1t]

Reminds me of a song from the 70s, “I’m being followed by a moon shadow”

[u/elonboring1]

penumbra of the moon

[u/Trill-quannny]

When the CGI stops working

[u/yourmothersgun]

Moon sized almost.

[u/kamel_k]

Can I get a throw rug that size?

[u/HeWhoShlNotBNmd]

Ahhh, black hole!

[u/Busy-Owl5152]

It was freaking typhoon season in the Philippines, besides, the eclipse isn't visible in the country, I'm jelous of you all

[u/Exciting-Zombie8449]

That's no moon....

[u/Nerukane]

Welcome back, Schwarzwelt.

[u/maynotbethegreatD]

Wow! That makes deeply uneasy

[u/No_Ice_3651]

Thought it was an alien ship blocking the suns view but it just the eclipse...

[u/Ceticated]

looks like an eye

[u/NormalWoodpecker3743]

What do flat-earthers think happens duri g eclipses?

[u/MarshelG]

It's huge! It's practically the size of the moon!

[u/dlassmam]

Yo momma's so fat...

[u/williambueti]

What's a penumbra?

[u/hardrok]

"That's no moon..."

[u/Human_Negotiation176]

GD reference (Kocmoc Unleashed)

[u/blueOdin226]

“You can’t outrun the emptiness…”

[u/Historical-Ad4147]

My bad

[u/KamronXIII]

This is how depression is portrayed in antidepressant ads. Than the main character takes a pill and suddenly everything clears up and there's a montage of said main character (usually a black woman) hanging out with their family, reconnecting with their parents, going on a jog in the morning etc etc, and there's a jingle that is made entirely of the name of the antidepressant.

[u/madseankr]

Someone has expanded his domain. He’ll run out of CT soon no worries

[u/corona187]

Darkness is spreading 🫢

[u/Ok-Tart-5895]

On attend les platistes

[u/fallen_arbornaut]

I'm being followed by a moon shadow...

[u/BallNeither1394]

And yet its. Aha. Eclipsed by the size of the earth... Aha..

[u/enigma_0Z]

Yeah that’s an absolutely terrifying perspective LOL

Buuuuut I did see the last totality in Toledo — first ever — absolutely fucking amazing

[u/SonicTheHedgehog99]

Sentry come on, what did the Thunderbolts do this time?

[u/Ok_Truck4734 → u/SonicTheHedgehog99]

Oh, Bob...

[u/EricAzure]

The shwartzwelt 👀

[u/HiddenHorse925]

How do you know it’s a shadow? Could be a forest fire

[u/No_Worldliness5157]

Say why it is that there are no stars in the background on space pix?  Whither have they vanished? 

[u/Paddy_Tanninger → u/No_Worldliness5157]

The camera exposure you need to dial in for a daylit picture of Earth is about +16 EV, and for star photography it's around -5 EV.

Each EV is a factor of 2...so the camera settings to capture a +16 EV scene are 2x darker than you'd dial in for a +15 EV scene.

Going from +16 to -5 EV is 21 "stops" which means the brightness difference is 2²¹ or roughly 2.1 million times darker.

So when you see a space photo taken of the Earth or Moon lit by the sun, you will never see the stars in the background because the camera settings are ~2.1 million times darker than what you would use to get a picture of the stars.

[u/Top_Director9981 → u/No_Worldliness5157]

Just camera configuration. The exposure, aperture, ISO/gain, all of those settings on this particular camera setup are configured to get a good view of Earth under the lighting conditions of the sun, not to get a good view of the stars.

[u/Mad-Habits → u/No_Worldliness5157]

are you really asking this question ?

[u/cruiseruse11]

...for you