Eclipses: Crash Course Astronomy #5

2015-02-13

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The big question in the comments last week was, "BUT WHAT ABOUT ECLIPSES?" Today, Phil breaks 'em down for you.

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Chapters:

Introduction 00:00

How Do Solar Eclipses Work? 0:52

Umbra & Penumbra 2:04

The Sun's Corona 3:17

Solar Eclipse Totality 4:14

Annular Eclipse 5:09

Can You Look at a Solar Eclipse? 5:32

Lunar Eclipses 6:54

Size of the Earth and Moon 8:24

Review 9:27

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PHOTOS/VIDEOS

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4158

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/solar-eclipse-diagram/#.VMFSKGTF_Z0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse#mediaviewer/File:Geometry_of_a_Total_Solar_Eclipse.svg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_September_22,_2006#mediaviewer/File:Helder_da_Rocha_-_Partial_solar_eclipse_(by-sa).jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_eclipse_2008Feb07-New_Zealand-partial-Greg_Hewgill.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse#mediaviewer/File:The_Patrial_Eclipse.jpg

http://philhart.smugmug.com/Sun/Queensland-Solar-Eclipse/i-qjqMzzK

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=11128

http://philhart.smugmug.com/Sun/Queensland-Solar-Eclipse/i-mMSf6gB

http://philhart.smugmug.com/Sun/Queensland-Solar-Eclipse/i-LffKLrf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YX2blo1eRk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse#mediaviewer/File:Annular_Eclipse._Taken_from_Middlegate,_Nevada_on_May_20,_2012.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geometry_of_a_Lunar_Eclipse.svg

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=10787

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_April_15_2014_California_Alfredo_Garcia_Jr1.jpg

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=10787

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_eclipse#mediaviewer/File:Lunar_eclipse_oct_8_2014_Minneapolis_4_46am.png

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4155