During
a solar eclipse, the Moon crosses the path of the Sun. When a
solid object (the Moon in this case) is placed in front of a
source of light (the Sun in this case) of course a shadow is
created. When a solar eclipse occurs, a shadow appears on the
earth, and as the Moon moves across the surface of the earth
the shadow moves across the surface of the earth. The shadow
is fairly narrow, so a path can be drawn on a map showing what
this path is. The eclipse maps in Kepler show the path of the
solar eclipse.
ECLIPSE MAP: JANUARY 26, 2009
ECLIPSE MAP, JULY 22, 2009
ECLIPSE MAP WITH 3 ECLIPSE OCCURENCES: JANUARY 26, 2009; JULY
22, 2009; JANUARY 15, 2010
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