the.com/solar eclipse
The moon photobombs the sun and suddenly everyone remembers astronomy exists.
means An event where the moon passes between the sun and Earth, blocking some or all of the sun's light from reaching a portion of the planet.
from From Latin eclipsis, from Greek ekleipsis meaning 'failure' or 'abandonment' — from ekleipein, 'to leave out, fail to appear,' built from ek- ('out') plus leipein ('to leave'). To ancient skywatchers, the sun going dark looked like it was forsaking the world, so they named the event after that abandonment. 'Solar' simply tacks on Latin sol, 'sun,' to specify which celestial body did the vanishing act.
- cosmic coincidence
- moon is 400x smaller but 400x closer, same apparent size
- totality window
- max length ever is 7 minutes 32 seconds
- shrinking act
- moon drifts away yearly, future eclipses go partial forever
- ancient panic
- many cultures thought a dragon was eating the sun