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This is the total solar eclipse of August 11, 1999, which passed over Europe and the Middle East, and into India. The Moon's umbra can be clearly seen as a black disk, approximately 100 Km across.
The photo was taken by a French astronaut from the Mir space station, shortly before it was abandoned (it subsequently fell into the Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed). Copyright 1999 Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales |
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