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Girls just wanna have sun: Confessions of a compulsive solar eclipse chaser
As a veteran eclipse chaser, I’ve seen eight solar eclipses in trips that have taken me around the world. Why travel to the ends of the Earth for an event lasting only a few minutes, you ask? Astronomical objects lie far away and change very little from night to night or even from year to [...]
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The Strangest Photo of the Sun Is a Solar Eclipse Caused by Planet Earth [Astronomy]
This is a solar eclipse. One like you have probably never seen before, taken by NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory in space. It looks really weird, as if the Sun is fizzling away, fading into the darkness of space. Why is the edge of ... Read Post
Sun, moon and Earth line up for spectacular 'Ring of Fire'
This event held special significance for American skywatchers: It marked the first time in 18 years that an annular solar eclipse could be seen from the United States. Such eclipses occur when the moon is too far away in its ellipti... Read Post
Best Solar Eclipse Footage Capturing the 'Ring of Fire' in the Sky (VIDEO)
Post by Adriana Velez Did you catch the annular solar eclipse this weekend? The new moon passed between Earth and the sun and blocked most of the sun's disk. That's what makes this eclipse different from a "total" eclipse of the sun... Read Post