The Best Places to See the Eclipse

Satellite observations of cloud cover and clear skies might come in handy when you are planning where to be during the upcoming total solar eclipse.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story The Best Places to See the Eclipse.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) and eclipse information from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published August 11, 2017
Data acquired August 21, 2000 - August 21, 2016

Sources:: Aqua > MODIS; Terra > MODIS