Solar Eclipse today …. Sun and Moon, hide and seek!!

~~October 23, 2014~~ 

The sun and moon play hide and seek on Thursday, as the lunar silhouette glides across the solar disk in a partial solar eclipse visible across much of North America.

A partial solar eclipse will occur on October 23, 2014. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon’s shadow misses the Earth.

The center of the Moon’s shadow will miss the Earth, passing above the North Pole, but a partial eclipse will be visible at sunrise (October 24 local time) in far eastern Russia and Japan, and before sunset (October 23) across most of North America.

“As it appears in … “

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_October_23,_2014

~~Eclipse Alignments~~

The Earth crosses between the moon and the sun every month, but solar eclipses don’t happen every day. An alignment of the three celestial bodies that allows the moon to cast its shadow on a strip of the Earth is a relative rarity, coming only twice a year.

When the moon’s dark central shadow, called the umbra, falls on the surface of the Earth, people along a very narrow strip of the planet’s surface see a total solar eclipse in the sky. In a total solar eclipse, the moon coincidentally looks almost exactly the same size as the sun when viewed from Earth, so the moon fully covers the solar surface.

During a partial eclipse like Thursday’s, however, the Earth passes into the moon’s outer, much wider shadow cone known as the penumbra. The result is a less dramatic but still eye-catching sky show for a much larger audience

“As it appears in … “

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141021-solar-eclipse-partial-astronomy-space/

A partial solar eclipse differs from an annular solar eclipse, which occurs when the moon positions itself in such a way to project a ring of sunlight to viewers on Earth. According to Space.com, a viewer’s position on Earth affects the appearance of the eclipse, which explains why the Oct. 23 partial eclipse can only be seen by people in North America.

You need to remain cautious, however, to avoid watching any type of eclipse without protective gear. To avoid eye injuries, you can wear a pair of eclipse glasses or make your own pinhole projector.

The eclipse will begin at 5:51 p.m. Eastern Time and reach its greatest eclipse by 6:08 PM.

~~SOURCES~~

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2014.html

http://www.weather.com/news/science/partial-solar-eclipse-thursday-20141022

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/22/partial-solar-eclipse-2014_n_6022080.html

~~GALLERY~~

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~~Solar Eclipse Educational Video~~

~~Uploaded on May 26, 2009~~

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This short animation video explains why we don’t experience Solar Eclipses every month.

**… and this is why a solar eclipse is a big deal … **

We ALL are ONE!!