The international satellite Hinode and new images of the total eclipse

Millions of US residents watched the total solar eclipse earlier this week, but NASA spotted the phenomenon from a different perspective.The international satellite "Hinode" dedicated to observing the sun, revealed the total eclipse in a way that can shed light on how the sun works.A group of images was captured by an x-ray telescope (XRT), above the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of the United States, at an altitude of about 422 miles (680 km).NASA said the images could help reveal the secrets of the sun. "They prepared the solar eclipse observatory to add new data to the ongoing scientific study of the coronal structure in the polar region of the sun, as well as the mechanism of moving the plasma rays.

 The Hinode satellite is a joint venture between the Japan Space Exploration Agency and Japan's National Astronomical Observatory, as well as the European Space Agency, the British Space Agency and NASA.

Hinode was launched in September 2006, where the mission includes a set of 3 scientific equipment: the solar optical telescope, the X-ray telescope, and the ultraviolet imaging spectrometer.
This equipment is dedicated to studying the generation, transmission and dissipation of magnetic energy from the photosphere into the corona, and how to release energy stored in the magnetic field of the sun, either gradually or violently.

 On Monday, August 21, the United States saw its first total eclipse from the coast to the coast since World War I, where millions of Americans gathered to watch this spectacular 90-minute astronomical phenomenon.
Observers took advantage of the event to be the most photographed eclipse in history, documented by high-altitude satellites, as well as most viewed through telescopes, cameras and protective glasses on the ground.