Ring of fire: Visualizing 5,000 years of solar eclipses

When a new Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, the Moon can cast a shadow on certain regions of the Earth. This natural phenomenon creates a solar eclipse, meaning the Moon covers, or eclipses, your view of the Sun if you're in that region. No surprise that in [...]

Ring of fire: Visualizing 5,000 years of solar eclipses was published on SAS Voices by Falko Schulz