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| A solar eclipse may be complete or partial, depending where on the earth the viewer is, and how close the moon is to the earth. |
| The shadow cast by the moon has a dark centre and fuzzy
edges. Points on the earth that lie in the path of the deep [blue] shadow (remember the earth is also rotating) will experience a total eclipse, seeing only the sun's corona. 
Points on the earth that lie in partial fuzzy [purple]shadow will experience a partial eclipse. Try to imagine how the sun would appear from one of these points. Find out ! Sometimes a special type of solar eclipse happens. The
moon is a little further away from earth in it's eliptical orbit. The moon's
deepest shadow does not reach earth. The sun appears to be a ring with a dark
hole in the middle, like a donut. |
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