The solar eclipse is an eclipse when, the sun is covered by the moon, completely or partially. In other words, we can say, a Solar Eclipse occurs when Moon comes in between Sun and Earth, and the moon’s shadow covers the earth.
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, DIFFERENT BELIEVES!
INDIA: According to ancient Indian mythos, When, Samudra Manthan occurred, one demon named Svarbhanu, disguised himself as Deva, and, sat between Sun and the Moon, for drinking Amrit(the elixir). When Vishnu came to know about this, he beheaded him, but before this, the demon had already taken a sip of the elixir, so, his head became eternal, and called as Rahu. The remaining body came to be known as Ketu. After Rahu’s head flies off and swallowed the Sun and caused an eclipse.
CHINA: According to the beliefs of ancient China, a heavenly Dragon thought to lunch on the sun, and this caused a solar eclipse.
VIETNAM: According to ancient beliefs, an extremely big frog swallowed the Sun, this caused a solar eclipse.
NORSEMEN: North Germanic ethnolinguistic group of early Middle Ages, believed that Wolves had swallowed the Sun, which caused a solar eclipse.
KOREA: According to ancient Korean believes, fabled dogs are trying to steal the Sun; this is the reason behind the solar eclipse.
NATIVE AMERICA: According to the believes of the Pomo (a group of people who live in the north-western part of United States), There was a fight between a bear and the Sun, and, the bear took a bite of Sun, this caused a solar eclipse.
GREEKS: According to the ancient Greek believes, Solar Eclipse is the sign for the anger of God that is the beginning of disasters.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOLAR ECLIPSE:
TOTAL ECLIPSE: A total eclipse occurs when the bright light of the Sun is totally covered by the Moon.
ANNULAR ECLIPSE: An annular eclipse occurs when the moon and the sun are in a row or in line with the earth. The size of moon is smaller than the Sun, so the sun appears as very bright ring.
HYBRID ECLIPSE: A hybrid eclipse is very rare, at some point it appears as a total eclipse, and sometimes it appears as annular eclipse. It changes its appearance as the Moon’s shadow moves.
A PARTIAL ECLIPSE: A Partial Eclipse occurs when, The Moon do not covers the Sun completely, as the Moon and the Sun are not exactly in line with the Earth.
SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 21 JUNE 2020!
Solar Eclipse of 21 June 2020 is the Annular Solar Eclipse. It is visible from the parts of Africa and Asia. World will witness an event of ‘Rings Of Fire’ annular solar eclipse. In India, it began near Gharsana in Rajasthan at 10:12 AM. It will be visible between 9:56 AM to 2:29 PM. The eclipse lasts for 3 hours, covering 84% Sun.
During the eclipse, people are advised to not to go out and not to eat, but, there are exceptions for, old, patients and pregnant women, they can eat the food that is easy to digest.
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