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"VERTICAL Version

Music Credit: “Tall Grass” by Jacob Paul Turner [BMI], Marc Pueschl [GEMA], Sebastian Barnaby Robertson [BMI] via Universal Production Music

Complete transcript available.

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This means that even though the Moon is much smaller than the Sun, it can block most or all of the Sun's light, resulting in a dark shadow over Earth called a solar eclipse.These videos are designed to help describe some of the dynamics that determine how solar eclipses work and why they are important for those of us living on Earth. || ", "release_date": "2023-04-14T09:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2024-11-22T00:15:55.693541-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 854665, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a005000/a005093/eclipseElements60fps_4-11-2023d_apogee_perigee.01080_print.jpg", "filename": "eclipseElements60fps_4-11-2023d_apogee_perigee.01080_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "The Moon travels in a not-quite-circular orbit around Earth, meaning that it is at times closer to us than others. We call the Moon's closest point to Earth \"perigee,\" and its farthest point from Earth is \"apogee.\"When the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth while near perigee, it completely blocks out the Sun causing a total eclipse. When the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and it is near apogee, it creates an annular eclipse that covers most of the Sun; the edges of the Sun remain visible and create a \"ring of fire.\"", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } }, { "id": 14325, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14325/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "What Is an Annular Eclipse?", "description": "On Oct. 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse will cross North, Central, and South America. Visible in parts of the United States, Mexico, and many countries in South and Central America, millions of people in the Western Hemisphere can experience this eclipse. But what is an annular eclipse? Why does it happen? And why does it create a “ring of fire” in the sky? || ", "release_date": "2023-04-14T08:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-11-01T15:08:24.072102-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 860715, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a014300/a014325/14325_AnnularEclipseExplainer_FB.00120_print.jpg", "filename": "14325_AnnularEclipseExplainer_FB.00120_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterMusic: \"Insect Village\" by Anthony Donje [PRS] from Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } ], "sources": [], "products": [], "newer_versions": [], "older_versions": [], "alternate_versions": [] }