Local residents will have the opportunity to view a partial solar eclipse next Tuesday morning, reported the Youth Daily. |
South Africans will see a partial lunar eclipse but will miss a solar eclipse. |
Because Mercury and Venus are sunward of the Earth they, like the Moon during a solar eclipse, may pass across the face of the Sun. |
The foliage of a tree provides a set of natural pinhole cameras, producing crescent images during the partial phase of a solar eclipse. |
Apparently there is often a crash in prices within a few days of a lunar eclipse and within six weeks of a solar eclipse. |
In August 1999 the skies above Swindon were darkened during a total solar eclipse. |