Solar Eclipse

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Total Solar Eclipse

In that great journey of the stars through space
About the mighty, all-directing Sun,
The pallid, faithful Moon, has been the one
Companion of the Earth. Her tender face,
Pale with the swift, keen purpose of that race,
Which at Time’s natal hour was first begun,
Shines ever on her lover as they run
And lights his orbit with her silvery smile.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A Solar Eclipse.

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2024 Total Solar Eclipse

Crescent shape forming as the Moon partially obscures the Sun.

2024 Total Solar Eclipse

Crescent shape forming as the Moon partially obscures the Sun.

2024 Total Solar Eclipse

After totality, the Moon gradually moves away from the Sun, revealing more of its surface and transitioning back into a partial eclipse.

2024 Total Solar Eclipse

After totality, the Moon gradually moves away from the Sun, revealing more of its surface and transitioning back into a partial eclipse.

2024 Total Solar Eclipse

Coronal loops, and the shimmering glow of the corona, during the totality.

2024 Total Solar Eclipse

Coronal loops, and the shimmering glow of the corona, during the totality.

2024 Total Solar Eclipse

Totality is the most dramatic phase of a total solar eclipse. It occurs when the Moon completely covers the Sun, causing the sky to darken dramatically and revealing the Sun's outer atmosphere, known as the solar corona.

2024 Total Solar Eclipse

The eclipse begins with a partial phase, where the Moon starts to move in front of the Sun, gradually covering a portion of its surface, when we notice a crescent shape forming as the Moon partially obscures the Sun.