Parts Of Asia To Experience Total Solar Eclipse In March
- 8 years ago
A total solar eclipse is in the cards for parts of Southeast Asia this March.
A total solar eclipse is in the cards for parts of Southeast Asia this March.
Explaining the phenomenon, NASA notes, "As the moon passes precisely between the sun and Earth…it will block the sun’s bright face, revealing the tenuous and comparatively faint solar atmosphere, the corona."
An animation shows the almost 100-mile wide path of the eclipse's totality passing over the islands of Borneo, Sumatra, and Sulawesi.
Sarah Jaeggli, a NASA space scientist and veteran viewer of total solar eclipses, said, “You notice something off about t
A total solar eclipse is in the cards for parts of Southeast Asia this March.
Explaining the phenomenon, NASA notes, "As the moon passes precisely between the sun and Earth…it will block the sun’s bright face, revealing the tenuous and comparatively faint solar atmosphere, the corona."
An animation shows the almost 100-mile wide path of the eclipse's totality passing over the islands of Borneo, Sumatra, and Sulawesi.
Sarah Jaeggli, a NASA space scientist and veteran viewer of total solar eclipses, said, “You notice something off about t