Este poate cea mai frumoasa dintre eclipse; se intampla destul de rar – de doar 66 de ori intr-un secol – si luand in considerare ca nu are loc in aceeasi zona de doua ori, este mai mult decat o raritate. Se poate sa nu o vezi pe viu niciodata intr-o viata de om. Asa ca va ofer una aici: este vorba despre o eclipsa inelara de soare. Continuare
The color purple (or, more accurately, lavender) became popularized as a symbol for pride in the late 1960s – a frequent post-Stonewall catchword for the gay community was “Purple Power”. Continuare
The dark disk of the moon creeps across the setting sun during the first solar eclipse of 2009, as seen on Monday from Manila Bay in the Philippines. People viewing from the southern Indian Ocean were among the few to see the full annular eclipse, so called because at its peak the eclipse is surrounded by an annulus, or ring, of fiery light. Because the moon’s orbit is elliptical, its distance from Earth–and thus its apparent size–varies over time. Annular eclipses happen when the moon looks too small to completely cover the sun, an event that occurs about 66 times a century. Continuare