Total solar eclipse. Optical image of the total solar eclipse of 11 August 1999. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun,and casts its shadow across the Earth. Here the black disc is the Moon. A total solar eclipse provides an opportunity to examine the solar corona (white),the Sun's outermost and hottest layer | |
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