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Click on the thumbnail images to see a full-size image
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A composite EIT/Angola/LASCO C2 image
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A composite image from the time of the eclipse, with an EIT 304 Å image (innermost), ground based images, and LASCO C2 image
(outermost). The eclipse image is from S. Koutchmy (IAS/IAP/CNRS). The orientations of the eclipse images are approximate.
With a unique view from the first Lagrangian point (L1), outside the disturbing influence of Earth's atmosphere, SOHO's Large Angle
Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) produces its own eclipse all the time by simply blocking direct light from the solar disk.
Other instruments on board look directly at the Sun, with the same advantage of an uninterrupted view - there are no nights on
SOHO, and the Moon never gets in the way. So, when a total eclipse happens to be observable from Earth, SOHO is one of the
primary sources of information about what lies in wait for the eager observers in possibly remote locations.
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Ground-based images from the African solar eclipse
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(Images: S. Koutchmy)
The first solar eclipse of the new millennium was enjoyed by thousands in southern Africa.
The eclipse, which took about one hour to travel from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, passed
across Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Madagascar.
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Observations from SOHO's EIT during totality
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Images recorded by SOHO's EIT instrument during totality
(roughly 2001 June 21 12:30 - 13:00 UT)
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Striking ratio images from SOHO's EIT instrument
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These striking images were created from EIT observations before and during totality. The brighter regions indicate
hot plasma while the darker regions are cooler plasma. These 'ratio images' show the ratio between emission
from Fe XII (195 Å) to Fe IX, X (171 Å).
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Missed the eclipse?
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You can see it 'live' with the BBC Online African Eclipse Live 2001:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/eclipse/africa_eclipse2001.shtml
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