What Is Solar Eclipse?
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is fully or partially covered. This can only happen during a new moon, when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction as seen from the Earth. At least two and up to five solar eclipses can occur each year on Earth, with between zero and two of them being total eclipses.
A total solar eclipse is a spectacular natural phenomenon and many people travel to remote locations to observe one. The 1999 total eclipse in Europe helped to increase public awareness of the phenomenon, as illustrated by the number of journeys made specifically to witness the 2005 annular eclipse and the 2006 total eclipse.
22nd July Solar Eclipse in India
NEW DELHI: Darkness descended soon after dawn across large swathes of land along a narrow path stretching from Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh as sky watchers experienced the longest total solar eclipse of the century.
An aircraft flies past the sun during solar eclipse in New Delhi.
The crescent sun smiled upon the capital when the eclipse reached its maximum of 83 per cent at 6:26 a.m.
With the sun blanked out for six minutes and 39 seconds, this was the longest total solar eclipse to occur in the 21st century
The path of totality passed over Bhavnagar, Surat, Ujjain, Indore, Bhopal, Sagar, Jabalpur, Varanasi, Allahabad, Gaya, Patna, Bhagalpur, Jalpaigudi, Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Itanagar.
Although Kolkata witnessed 91 per cent of the total solar eclipse despite cloudy skies.
This Solar Eclipse may contains some funny photos….
Sadhus watch the solar eclipse through specially-designed viewing glasses in Allahabad.
