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A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially.Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season in its new moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of Earth's orbit. [1]
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It was seen during the Fall of Constantinople (the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire), during the siege that lasted from Thursday, 5 April 1453 until Tuesday, 29 May 1453), after which the city fell to the Ottomans.
Light spectrum, from Theory of Colours – Goethe observed that colour arises at the edges, and the spectrum occurs where these coloured edges overlap.. Theory of Colours (German: Zur Farbenlehre) is a book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe about the poet's views on the nature of colours and how they are perceived by humans.
True color image of the Trifid Nebula, showing complex gas and plasma structure. A nebula (Latin for 'cloud, fog'; [1] pl.: nebulae, or nebulas [2] [3] [4] [5]) is a ...
In this July 1997 still frame captured from video, the bright star Aldebaran has just reappeared on the dark limb of the waning crescent moon in this predawn occultation.. An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden from the observer by another object that passes between them.
Mata Hari or Matahari may also refer to: Film and television. Mata Hari, a German film starring Magda Sonja; Mata Hari ...
Mengejar Matahari (English: Chasing the Sun) is a 2004 Indonesian coming-of-age drama film directed by Rudi Sujarwo. [1] It was shown at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2005. [2] [3] Mengejar Matahari is a coming of age story of four childhood friends living in a Jakarta ghetto whose bonds are tested as they grow into adulthood. [4]