Entertainment website » solar eclipse http://www.clicknclicks.com Where Every Click is Fun Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:11:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ring of fire: Indian Ocean to see solar eclipse http://www.clicknclicks.com/ring-of-fire-indian-ocean-to-see-solar-eclipse/ http://www.clicknclicks.com/ring-of-fire-indian-ocean-to-see-solar-eclipse/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:33:33 +0000 admin http://www.clicknclicks.com/?p=969 A few lucky people in the Indian Ocean will be treated to a rare event on Monday when an annular solar eclipse will transform the Sun into a dark disc with a blazing ring-shaped corona around its rim.

In solar eclipses, the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth, casting its shadow on the terrestrial surface.

In an annular eclipse, a tiny shift in distance that results from celestial mechanics means the Moon does not completely cover the Sun’s face, as it does in a total eclipse. Read Full Story

 

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