Lunar Shadow Transit . ... Credit Copyright: NASA , NOAA/DSCOVR . Explanation: This snapshot from deep space captures planet Earth on March 9 . ... Of course , denizens of Earth located close to the shadow track centerline saw this lunar shadow transit as a brief, total eclipse of the Sun . From a spacebased perspective between Earth and Sun, the view of this shadow transit was provided by the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) spacecraft's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC). ...