Total Solar Eclipse 完美日全食

Dean

China will see the longest total solar eclipse in 500 years on July 22, a scientist said Saturday.
The prime time of the total eclipse was expected to begin from 9 a.m. to 9:38 a.m. (Beijing Time).

\"The total eclipse will last up to six minutes, or the longest one that can be seen in China in almost 500 years from 1814 to 2309,\" The viewers in parts of 11 provinces in China's southwestern, central-southern and eastern areas, such as Tibet, Hunan and Jiangsu, will be able to witness the total solar eclipse, while in most parts of Shanghai, viewers can see the spectacular phenomenon.

For viewers in other provinces, including Beijing, they can observe a partial eclipse.

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon is caught between the sun and the earth while each of them moves along their fixed orbits.

In a total solar eclipse, the sun, the moon and the earth are directly aligned as the sun swings into the cone of shadow cast by the moon.

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真希望在转瞬变黑时,和爱的人在一起.

Dean

Millions of people turned their eyes skyward today for the longest solar eclipse of this century. Jubilant eclipse watchers in China set off fireworks near the banks of the Qiantang River in coastal Zheijiang province as skies darkened overhead for about six minutes. Cars in the town needed to use headlights as \"night darkness has fallen suddenly. People hugged each other and some blew whistles when the eclipse began.
Total eclipses are caused when the moon moves directly between the sun and the earth, covering it completely to cast a shadow on earth.