See the moon's shadow crawl eerily across Earth in last solar eclipse of 2022 (satellite video)

An animation of the moon's shadow passing over the Earth during a partial solar eclipse on Oct. 25, 2022.

An animation of the moon's shadow passing over the Earth during a partial solar eclipse on Oct. 25, 2022. (Image credit: European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)

The shadow of Earth's closet companion looms large in new footage.

The moon cast its shadow upon the Earth in footage captured by satellites run by Eumetsat (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) during a partial solar eclipse today (Oct. 25).

At least three views of the haunting imagery were available from the satellites of Meteosat, which operate in geostationary orbit and are tasked with providing weather data to assist with forecasting and long-term predictions of climate change

"Look near the top of the video, especially on the right hand side: Can you see the moving dark area? That's the shadow," tweeted (opens in new tab) Simon Proud, a senior scientist at the U.K.'s National Centre for Earth Observation and at RAL Space (a part of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.)

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Later in the day, Proud provided more footage from Meteosat-9, one of the three operational satellites (along with Meteosats-10 and -11.) 

"You can see the shadow of the moon moving from left to right, eventually merging with the darkness of sunset," he wrote (opens in new tab).

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The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shared more footage from the satellite, noting that Meteosat-11 is a partner satellite to the agency's own fleet of meteorological watchers.

"In this #GeoColor imagery, you can see the moon's shadow travel over the North Atlantic and Europe, before ending over Asia," NOAA added (opens in new tab).

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While this was the final solar eclipse of 2022, there's still more eclipse action in store this year. You can catch the final lunar eclipse of the year on Nov. 8, 2022, with details on how and where to see it located in our lunar eclipse 2022 guide.

If you want more advice on solar eclipse photography to help you prepare for the next solar eclipse, our guides on how to photograph a solar eclipse and the best cameras for astrophotography can help you find the camera gear you need to capture your next best image. 

Editor's note: If you have captured a good partial solar eclipse photograph or video and would like to share it with Space.com's readers, send your photo(s), comments, and your name and location to spacephotos@space.com.

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Elizabeth Howell
Staff Writer, Spaceflight

Elizabeth Howell (she/her), Ph.D., is a staff writer in the spaceflight channel since 2022 covering diversity, education and gaming as well. She was contributing writer for Space.com (opens in new tab) for 10 years before joining full-time, freelancing since 2012. Elizabeth's reporting includes multiple exclusives with the White House and Office of the Vice-President of the United States, an exclusive conversation with aspiring space tourist (and NSYNC bassist) Lance Bass, speaking several times with the International Space Station, witnessing five human spaceflight launches on two continents, working inside a spacesuit, and participating in a simulated Mars mission. Her latest book, "Why Am I Taller?", is co-written with astronaut Dave Williams. Elizabeth holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Space Studies from the University of North Dakota, a Bachelor of Journalism from Canada's Carleton University and (soon) a Bachelor of History from Athabasca University. Elizabeth is also a post-secondary instructor in communications and science since 2015. Elizabeth first got interested in space after watching the movie Apollo 13 in 1996, and still wants to be an astronaut someday. Mastodon: https://qoto.org/@howellspace