Space eclipse

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took this image of the Sun eclipsed by the Moon from the International Space Station on 20 March 2015.

Samantha took this picture in between operations for an experiment with the Station's centrifuge.

See the complete set of solar eclipse pictures on Samantha's Flickr page.

Connect with Samantha and her Futura mission at: samanthacristoforetti.esa.int