This page describes an image Total Solar Eclipse
Image caption:
This image represents the total solar eclipse as observed from Kurigram in Bangladesh. Solar eclipses occur when the moon, as seen from earth, passes in front of the Sun. The moon is much smaller than the Sun, it is closer by the night amount that the angular diameters of the Sun and moon are almost the same (~approximately 1/2 a fingertip). Therefore, the moon can cover up the Sun's disk when it passes directly between the Sun and the Earth. The ring of light around the black circle is called the corona.
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Image credit:
Lutfar Rahman Nirjhar Credit Link
Related glossary terms:
Corona
, Solar Eclipse
, Total Solar Eclipse
Categories:
The Sun
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Image caption: Questa immagine rappresenta l'eclissi totale di Sole osservata da Kurigram, in Bangladesh. Le eclissi solari si verificano quando la Luna, vista dalla Terra, passa davanti al Sole. La Luna è molto più piccola del Sole, ma è più vicina alla Terra, tanto che i diametri angolari del Sole e della Luna sono quasi uguali (circa metà dell'unghia di un dito). Pertanto, la Luna può coprire il disco del Sole quando passa direttamente tra il Sole e la Terra. L'anello di luce intorno al cerchio nero è definito corona.
Image credit: Lutfar Rahman Nirjhar
Related glossary terms: Corona , Eclissi solare , Eclissi solare totale Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Giuliana Giobbi
Caption reviewers: Rosa Valiante, Silvia Casu, Niccolò Bucciantini, Rodolfo Canestrari
Image caption: 这张照片记录了在孟加拉国库里格拉姆观测到的日全食。日食发生时，从地球上看，月球经过太阳前方时。尽管月球的体积远小于太阳，但由于月球距离地球更近，两者的角直径几乎相同（约为半根手指的宽度）。因此，当月球恰好位于太阳和地球之间时，能够完全遮住太阳的盘面。环绕黑色圆盘的光环被称为日冕。
Image credit: 卢特法尔-拉赫曼-尼尔哈尔
Related glossary terms: 冕 , 日全食 , 日食 Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Li Jiankang
Image caption: 這張照片記錄了在孟加拉國庫里格拉姆觀測到的日全食。日食發生時，從地球上看，月球經過太陽前方時。儘管月球的體積遠小於太陽，但由於月球距離地球更近，兩者的角直徑幾乎相同（約為半根手指的寬度）。因此，當月球恰好位於太陽和地球之間時，能夠完全遮住太陽的盤面。環繞黑色圓盤的光環被稱為日冕。
Image credit: 盧特法爾-拉赫曼-尼爾哈爾
Related glossary terms: 冕 , 日全食 , 日食 Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: An automated transliteration from the simplified Chinese translation by - Li Jiankang
