Science in a Moon Shadow
The rare spectacle of a total solar eclipse has given scientists throughout history fleeting opportunities to delve into everything from the sun’s chemistry to Einsteinian relativity to Earth’s place in the solar system.
This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on August 16, 2017. It is a Nature Video production.
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