May 22, 2012
Today’s "Cool photo of the week" is, of course, of Sunday’s Solar Eclipse. Readers in the western part of the US and Canada were in the right place to see the spectacular annular eclipse. "Annular" means "shaped like a ring," which is exactly how it appeared.
A solar eclipse happens when the moon is aligned directly between Earth and the Sun, blocking out all but an outer circle of light.
Photo: Getty Images
Diagram: NASA
Posted by: Seymour Simon
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