Health and Medicine

SOALR ECLIPSE : WHAT ARE SOLAR ECLIPSES? A solar eclipse is a spectacular sight and a rare astronomical event. Each one is only visible from a limited area. Today i.e on 21st June many locations will see a rare solstice annular solar eclipse on the same day as the June solstice. This will happen only twice this century , in 2020 and on June 2039. An eclipse of the sun happens when the new moon moves between the sun and Earth, blocking out the Sun's rays and casting a shadow on parts of the Earth. The Moon's shadow is not big enough to engulf the entire planet , so the shadow is always limited to a certain area . This area changes during the course of the eclipse because the Moon and Earth are in constant motion. Earth continuously rotates around its axis while it orbits the Sun, and the Moon orbits the Earth. This is why solar eclipses seem to travel from one place to another. TYPES OF SOLAR ECLIPSES: PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSES : It occurs when the Moon only partially obscures the ...