Question

draw a diagram showing solAar ecliple and explain it

Answer 1

Answer:

There are three kinds of solar eclipses: total, partial, and annular.

BY THE WAY...BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE

Explanation:

A solar eclipse occurs when a portion of the Earth is engulfed in a shadow cast by the Moon which fully or partially blocks sunlight. This occurs when the Sun, Moon and Earth are aligned. Such alignment coincides with a new moon indicating the Moon is closest to the ecliptic plane.

A total eclipse occurs when the dark silhouette of the Moon completely obscures the intensely bright light of the Sun, allowing the much fainter solar corona to be visible. During any one eclipse, totality occurs at best only in a narrow track on the surface of Earth. This narrow track is called the path of totality.