Check out the great solar eclipse of 2017 march across the continental United States between 1000-1,400 miles per hour. The video is a geocolor animation from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite tracking the shadow of the moon as it moves inland from the Pacific and covers a large portion of the northwestern U.S. Hope you got a glimpse today. What a show!

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