Total Solar Eclipse 2008

On August 1, a total solar eclipse was visible in parts of Canada, northern Greenland, the Arctic, central Russia, Mongolia, and China. The eclipse swept across Earth in a narrow path that begins in Canada's northern territory of Nunavut and ends in northern China's Silk Road region at sunset.

An eclipse of the sun occurs when the moon passes directly between Earth and the sun. When the moon's shadow falls on Earth, people within that shadow see the moon block a portion of the sun's light.

The moon's shadow has two parts, an umbra and a penumbra. The umbra is the "inner" part of the moon's shadow. The penumbra is the moon's faint "outer" shadow.

Credit: Exploratorium and NASA TV
http://sunearthday.gsfc.nasa.gov/2008eclipse/

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[anoobshow1]

shinny can I touch O.O

[astrorider]

LOL

[slydon234]

during a solar eclipse, the Chinese people believed that a dragon is eating the sun so they make noises to drive the dragon away...

[astrorider]

Actually it's dogs not dragons :)

[iLOVENATURE2011]

cool video! =)

[goodmmann123]

Ne3la 3ala shebat 3mair

[carbo199]

@BraydenXBox360 no the lighting isn't suffiencient according to Nasa's 2009 Lunar and Solar eclipse studies

[carbo199]

astroider ut my boy

[BraydenXBox360]

can you see it from texas?

[derekramac16]

why would it be dogs is truly a dragon...... (well not really is a dragon)

[derekramac16]

OMG ZOMBIES WILL COM NOW AHHHHHH

[Infocollective22]

@Lolcats12345ful I saw the end,but it was after totality......

[Roxen40meep]

@Lolcats12345ful I've seen a lunar eclipse a couple times before. Don't worry your not missing much. You might as well as be seeing a cliud go over the moon.