| Local residents will have the opportunity to view a partial solar eclipse next Tuesday morning, reported the Youth Daily. |
| The foliage of a tree provides a set of natural pinhole cameras, producing crescent images during the partial phase of a solar eclipse. |
| We get a partial solar eclipse when the Moon's path almost intersects the ecliptic. |
| On average a total solar eclipse is visible from any location only once every few centuries. |
| 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. |
| With the face of the Sun blocked by the Moon during a solar eclipse, the corona shines with the brightness of a full Moon. |
