(Lykaestria)
(Wikimedia Commons)
It Should Be Like This
(Luc Viatour)
“Desert God and Sky God are fighting.” (Ancient Egypt Legend)
Amanda Kelly, The Eclipse: Myths and Legends (Sunday Mirror, 18 Juli 1999,
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19990718/ai_n14495447)
The Truth is Right There
Right Here, Now, We Said ...
In the case below, a leaf is 5 cm long, seen at 20 cm away. Draw the situation, and with protractor,
measure the angle size of the leaf!
5 cm
20 cm
About the Moon
At Eclipse
(Sagredo)
Full Moon and Eclipse
(Tomruen)
(Luc Viatour)
(Luc Viatour)
Moon eclipse happens when Moon is behind Earth, aligned with Sun and Earth. Meanwhile,
this configuration is also the configuration of full Moon. It can be concluded that not every
full
Moon is eclipse. How could it be?
Full Moon and Eclipse
(NASA)
(Wikimedia Commons)
While revolving, Earth forms orbital plane, called ecliptic. Of course Sun is in the plane too. Meanwhile,
Moon’s
orbit is not in the same plane with Earth’s. Moon’s orbital plane is inclined by 5° to the ecliptic. This is the very
reason that not every full Moon is eclipse.
Glowing in Blockage
EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE
REFRACTION EFFECT
(Tomruen)
Glowing in Blockage
EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE
SCATTERING EFFECT
5 cm
20 cm
2,5 cm
About the Sun
At Eclipse
(Sagredo)
At Eclipse
(Sancho Panza)
(Mila Zankova)
(Opportunity)
(Cornell Univ./NASA/JPL)
(NASA)
(J. Spencer/NASA/ESA)
On Saturnus
(NASA/JPL)
Home Sweet Home
(NASA)