Launchpad: Solar Eclipses (2010)

2010 · Short film · 7 min

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Synopsis

Join NASA to learn more about solar eclipses, especially the awe-inspiring phenomenon of total eclipses. Find out about the unique geometry and the distances and sizes of the sun and moon as seen from Earth that allow us to witness the sun's corona or actually be in the path of totality.

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Details

Running time

7 minutes

Language

English

Collection

NASA

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• NASA eClips
• NIA
• Launchpad
• Secondary
• education
• mathematics
• technology
• science
• Earth
• space

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