“A few hours ago, a solar eclipse took place ... The Russian hydrometeorological satellite ElectroL No. 2 captured the lunar shadow on the surface of the Earth,” the state corporation said in a statement.
A few hours ago, #SolarEclipse took place: the Moon completely covered the Sun for a little less than two minutes ☀️🌑Particular
phases could be observed in Antarctica, southern Africa and South America.
Russian satellite # ElectroL No. 2 captured the lunar shadow on the Earth's surface pic.twitter.com/pdqNWUEtmF
- ROSCOSMOS (@roscosmos) December 4, 2021
Roscosmos noted that under favorable weather conditions, particular phases could be seen in Antarctica, in the south of South America, the waters of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans, as well as in southern Africa.
The third satellite of the Electro-L series was also a little lucky 😉 pic.twitter.com/2AVArUyDRo
- ROSCOSMOS (@roscosmos) December 4, 2021
In November, Roskosmos published footage of a private lunar eclipse, which was filmed by the Aist-2D satellite.