Total solar eclipse. Time-lapse image of the Sun during the total solar eclipse of 11th August 1999. A total eclipse occurs when the Moon passes betwe
Total solar eclipse. Time-lapse image of the Sun during the total solar eclipse of 11th August 1999. A total eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, and the shadow of the Moon crosses the Earth. This only occurs during the New Moon phase of the lunar cycle. During an eclipse the corona of the Sun (white) is seen. This is its outer atmosphere, usually invisible due to the glare from the Sun's surface.
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Photo credit: © DAVID PARKER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: 11/08/99, 11/8/99, 1999, astronomy, atmosphere, corona, cosmology, eclipse, lapse, moon, science, sequence, solar, sun, time, time-lapse, total
