Not all observers enjoying last weekend’s solar eclipse were limited to planet Earth.

On October 14, observers in a narrow strip stretching from the Oregon coast southeast into Central and South America were able to see an annular solar eclipse: The Moon covered the entire solar disk, leaving only a narrow strip along the edge shining like a bright star. “ring of fire.”

However, many more people saw the partial eclipse, in which the Moon appeared to “take a bite out of the Sun.” These observers included the ISS crew, and one of them took photographs from this unique vantage point.

The photographer was NASA astronaut Expedition 70 engineer Jasmine Mogbeli, who arrived at the ISS in late August as part of the SpaceX Crew-7 mission. The photo was published on the X social network by NASA’s Marshall Space Center on October 17.

Annular solar eclipses occur due to the small elliptical orbit of the Moon. They occur when the Moon, Sun and Earth are aligned in a perfect line, but the Moon is at its farthest point from our planet and cannot completely hide the Sun’s disk from the observer.

The next total solar eclipse will occur on April 8, 2024 and will be visible from Mexico, the United States and Canada.