© NASAThe Earth's fuzzy edge and moon's crisp silhouette revealed the sun during this week's eclipse.
Not to be outdone by the spectacular "Ring of Fire" eclipse witnessed earlier in the week across eastern and southern Africa, the SDO captured the brief moment when the Earth revealed the sun to the orbiting satellite just as the moon also blocked its view.
Earth comes between the SDO and the sun briefly on a daily basis as a consequence of following the planet's rotation. On Thursday, both the Earth and the moon's eclipse coincided for a brief, but beautiful moment.
The shadows of the Earth and the moon can be spotted separately - with the Earth's atmosphere absorbing light from the sun producing a fuzzy edge. Lacking an atmosphere, the moon's horizon is crisp with little diffusion.
NASA's SDO has been observing the sun since 2010, studying its magnetic field and magnetic energy produced by the star.
Earlier in the week, the moon passed between the Earth and the sun, producing an annular eclipse known as a "Ring of Fire," which was visible to lucky people in parts of Africa and islanders in the Indian Ocean.
Someone needs to really explain this to the jag off Nibiru believers who have taken over YouTube. Their latest memes - 1) that on the day of the eclipse, the 2d object was Nibiru and/or 2) the daily occlusion of the sun on SDO proves that the Sun's energy is being drained by a 2d sun in proximity to our Sun (or some such nonsense). The worst perpetrators of these myths are shills like Wayne Steiger, WSO/Steve Olson and Chris Potter and it's only a matter of time until other woo woo meisters like The Leak Project, DAHBOO (whatever his numbers are now), BPSkywatch, etc. start pointing at SDO as proof of some large object in our vicinity which doesn't belong there and which is bringing DOOM to all but a few devout born again Christians.