The Independent - London, June 16th, 2001
TRAVELLERS ARE prepared to pay serious money to see the sun go out, and the first decade of the third millennium looks particularly promising for eclipse hunters.
A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon completely obscures the sun and casts a dark shadow on part of the earth. The moon and the sun appear to be the same size as they orbit the earth. In fact the sun is some 400 times bigger than the moon but is 400 times further away, therefore the moon blocks out the yellow disc of the sun and only its flames are visible through the shadow of the moon. They happen somewhere in the world abou...
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