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Eclipses
Earth View Eclipse Network - A comprehensive source of educational information about the history, science, and observation of all types of eclipses, especially total solar eclipses.
Eclipse On-Line - Discover information on Solar Eclipses, Lunar Eclipses, Transits and other rare but beautifull phenomena.
Exploratorium: Solar Eclipse - Solar Eclipse: Stories From the Path of Totality. The Exploratorium as part of NASA's Sun-Earth Education forum presents a live Webcast on June 21, 2001, of the total solar eclipse from Zambia. Maps, features, and other resources are also available.
Kidseclipse - Kidseclipse teaches what takes place during a total solar eclipse. Revisit past total solar eclipses and see where future eclipses take place.
Sky and Telescope -- Eclipses - Here you'll find information about some recent and upcoming eclipses of the Sun and Moon. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon lies between the Sun and Earth, casting its shadow on our planet. This can only happen at new Moon. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth lies between the Sun and Moon, so that Earth's shadow darkens the Moon. This can only happen at full Moon.
Solar Eclipses - One consequence of the Moon's orbit about the Earth is that the Moon can shadow the Sun's light as viewed from the Earth, or the Moon can pass through the shadow cast by the Earth. The former is called a solar eclipse and the later is called a lunar eclipse. The small tilt of the Moon's orbit with respect to the plane of the ecliptic and the small eccentricity of the lunar orbit make such eclipses much less common than they would be otherwise, but partial or total eclipses are actually rather frequent. Learn more here!
Spaced Out - Visit this cool site to learn more information about different topics on astronomy. The site includes information about planets, stars, eclipses, UFOs, galaxies, constellations, comets, asteroids, meteors, and a famous astronomer. They also have a quiz you can take to test how much you know about astronomy.
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