Explanation Text

       SOLAR ECLIPSE

        A solar eclipse is a condition where when the sun is shining on the earth, the sun is suddenly covered by the moon which incidentally rotates around the earth. In other words, a solar eclipse is an event where the sun is covered by the moon because at that time the position of the sun, moon and earth is in a straight line. When this phenomenon occurs the conditions on earth become pitch black because there is no sunlight entering and illuminating the earth. So even though at that time the earth was at noon, but the situation was like when the night is pitch black without sunlight.

The phenomenon of a solar eclipse occurs in several stages as follows:

1. In the first few seconds and there hasn't been any phenomenon yet, usually you will see if the bright blue sky becomes a little dim like losing one level of brightness.

2. Furthermore, when the eclipse process will begin, a black shadow will appear slowly toward the sun. This black shadow will not and is none other than the shadow of the moon which will later cover the sun.

3. The shadow of the moon which was originally small in size and eventually will get bigger and succeed in covering the sun that shines brightly, so that the sun will slowly look as if it is cutting.

4. When the sun seems to orbit, then over time it will be completely closed and make the earth pitch black. This phase is referred to as the total solar eclipse. In this phase, the entire surface of the earth crossed by the moon will be dark like the night, even though it is still in the morning / afternoon / evening.

5. After passing through the total eclipse phase, slowly the shadow of the moon that has a black color will leave the sun and the sun will again be seen to re-orbit.

6. After a total eclipse and the sun appears to orbit a second time, the shadow of the moon that has a black color will fade and disappear. This is when the sun will again illuminate the earth without any obstructions. That way the condition of the earth that had been completely dark will return to light.