The sunlight and the shadow of the moon walk on Earth

Japanese satellite Himawari-8 has shown how a day on the Ground from the height of geostationary orbit over the Pacific ocean. The time lapse begins with a sunrise — the Sun rises in the East (right) and goes West (to the left), illuminating half of the planet, located right underneath.

In addition to the large bright spots formed by the reflected sunlight in the video you will notice a small dark spot that moves from the bottom left side up to the right. This is moon shadow and she can only appear in the moment when the Moon passes directly between Earth and the Sun. Last year, the day when those pictures were taken, the most deeply shaded region experienced a total solar Eclipse. Next month like a dark shadow will pass through the territory of the United States.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»