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© 1. unknown / 2. unknown — illustration of the Pinhole effect (optics) / 3. unknown / 4. John Orris/The New York Times — pinhole camera to capture the eclipse, this woman is using a paper cup with a small hole in the bottom and a twin-lens reflex camera (1963) / 5. Fred Espenak/NASA's GSFC — Solar eclipse map of path on Earth / 6. NASA — An image of a total solar eclipse, seconds before the moon completely covers the sun. Depending on where observers stand in the path of totality, features like the “diamond ring” shown in this image can be visible for longer or shorter periods of time / 7. J. J. Grandville — A Conjugal Eclipse, from Another World (1844) / 8. ESA — Total solar eclipse, meaning that the Moon slipped perfectly in front of the Sun and blocked the entirety of the star’s light – an occurrence known as totality – for a band of observers across the USA in 2017 / 9. Carolyn Kaster/AP — Solar flares and a solar prominence are seen as the moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse seen from Progressive Field in Cleveland on April 8, 2024 / 10. Metropolitan Museum of Art — Cuneiform tablet from Mesopotamia describing an eclipse / 11. Ann Ronan Pictures/Getty Images — In 1860, Warren de la Rue captured what many sources describe as the first photograph of a total solar eclipse. He took it in Rivabellosa, Spain, with an instrument known as the Kew Photoheliograph / 12. ZUMA/The New York Times — Solar eclipse glasses in The Palm Beach Bost (1979) / 13. Jospeh Dennehy/The Boston Globe/Getty Images — two pieces of cardboard to create a reflection of the shadowed sun in Lowell, Mass (1970) / 14. Kevin Gill — Solar Eclipse - April 8 2024.
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There are three main types of eclipses—solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, and planetary eclipses. Solar eclipses occur when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking out the Sun’s light either partially or completely. Lunar eclipses, on the other hand, occur when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow on the Moon and causing it to darken or appear red. Planetary eclipses, while less common, occur when one planet passes in front of another, obscuring its view from Earth.
There are also three main types of eclipses among solar eclipses: total, partial, and annular. During a total solar eclipse, the Moon completely covers the Sun, revealing the Sun’s outer atmosphere, called the corona, which appears as a halo of light surrounding the dark silhouette of the Moon. Total solar eclipses are rare and can only be observed along a narrow path on Earth’s surface known as the path of totality. In a partial solar eclipse, only a portion of the Sun is obscured by the Moon, resulting in a crescent-shaped shadow. Partial solar eclipses are more common and can be observed from a broader region on Earth, outside the path of totality. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon is too far away from the Earth to completely cover the Sun’s disk, leaving a ring or “annulus” of sunlight visible around the darkened silhouette of the Moon. Annular eclipses occur when the Moon is near its apogee, or farthest point from Earth in its orbit, and the apparent size of the Moon is smaller than that of the Sun.
The phenomenon of a total solar eclipse could be considered a cosmic coincidence. The Sun is about 400 times larger than the Moon, but it’s also about 400 times farther away from Earth. This remarkable alignment means that from our perspective on Earth, the apparent size of the Sun and the Moon in the sky is almost identical. As a result, when the Moon passes directly between the Earth and the Sun, it can perfectly block out the Sun’s disk, creating the spectacular sight of a total solar eclipse. This alignment is so precise that total solar eclipses are relatively rare events and can only be observed from specific locations on Earth during certain times.
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