SOLAR AND
LUNAR ECLIPSE
Curtis McGehee
Science
September 5, 2007
Description
Solar Eclipse- is when the moon passes between the earth and the sun.
Lunar Eclipse- is when the moon gets behind the earth’s shadow, the sun the
moon and the earth have to be almost perfectly aligned
Solar Eclipse
Lunar eclipse
Occurrences
When. a solar eclipse happens when the
moon comes in between the earth and the
sun.
Why. the moon blocks out some of the
suns lights to earth so you see a kind of
hazy light behind the moon
How Eclipses are caused by the earth and
moons shadow hitting each others surfaces
Precautions
View solar eclipses
with special glasses or
with indirect ways o
viewing.
Sun glasses are not
safe cause they do not
block harmful and
invisible infrared
radiation.
Question and answer
Did you know that the earliest eclipse
mentioned in history is named the eclipse
of Bur Sagale?
did you know that eclipse is the Greek
word for vanish?