On 11 August 1999 parts of Europe experienced a total solar eclipse. Eumetsat's standy satellite, Meteosat 6, recorded images every ten minutes; an animation is available on Eumetsat's web page. For more details please see:
Image from 11 August 1999 at 10:40 UTC
(the shadow of the moon is over Europe in the center of the picture):
Image copyright 1999 EUMETSAT
The following images were received by Dundee and show the shadow of the moon:
| Meteosat, VIS, 12:00 | Small | Medium | Large |
| IODC, VIS, 12:00 | Small | Medium | Large |
| Time | Image | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IODC, VIS, 11:00 | Small | Medium | Large | Preceding eclipse |
| IODC, VIS, 12:30 | Small | Medium | Large | Eclipse starting |
| IODC, VIS, 13:00 | Small | Medium | Large | Eclipse over Africa |
| IODC, VIS, 14:00 | Small | Medium | Large | After eclipse |
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