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A lunar eclipse is when the Earth is between the Sun and Moon, projecting its shadow onto the Moon.
A solar eclipse is what this picture shows, when the Moon is between the Sun and Earth, projecting its shadow onto the Earth.
What's interesting to see from this picture is the totality of the eclipse, with 100% totality being somewhere in northern Italy, and probably around 50% totality in France. One of my goals in life is to be able to witness at least 2 phenomona in astronomy, a total solar eclipse and an aurora borealis. I've been planning to take a vacation somewhere in north Alaska for years. A friend of mine there says he gets the northern lights about every 4 days.
-Cyc
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