Russian Solar Eclipse Station, 1907
Supervision of a solar eclipse near station Chernjaevo in the Tian-Shan mountains above the Saliuktin mines. A total solar eclipse occurred on January 14, 1907. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometers wide. Totality was visible from Russian Empire and China. Photograph by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, January 1, 1907.
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