‘You’re hit with a slam of shadow’: Nasa’s air mission to capture rare eclipse data
The mission to capture images of the eclipse on Wednesday is due to fly at altitudes of 50,000ft. Photograph: NasaView image in fullscreenA Nasa aviator onboard a research plane. They will climb north towards Greenland and then bank to head south on a gently curving course 40 miles (64km) off the Icelandic coast.Their mission can be described as chasing an eclipse, but in reality the eclipse is chasing them.
- ▪The mission to capture images of the eclipse on Wednesday is due to fly at altitudes of 50,000ft.
- ▪Photograph: NasaView image in fullscreenA Nasa aviator onboard a research plane.
- ▪They will climb north towards Greenland and then bank to head south on a gently curving course 40 miles (64km) off the Icelandic coast.Their mission can be described as chasing an eclipse, but in reality the eclipse is chasing them.
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A Nasa aviator onboard a research plane. The mission to capture images of the eclipse on Wednesday is due to fly at altitudes of 50,000ft. Photograph: NasaView image in fullscreenA Nasa aviator onboard a research plane. The mission to capture images of the eclipse on Wednesday is due to fly at altitudes of 50,000ft. Photograph: NasaSolar eclipses‘You’re hit with a slam of shadow’: Nasa’s air mission to capture rare eclipse dataTwo aviators will take off from Iceland to take pictures of the sun while flying at high altitude along solar eclipse’s pathIan Sample Science editorSun 9 Aug 2026 10.00 EDTLast modified on Sun 9 Aug 2026 10.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAfter lunch on Wednesday, two Nasa aviators will climb into a research plane and take off from Keflavik airport on a…
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