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science — KJ7RRV https://kj7rrv.com/tag:science Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:17:38 -0700 Annular vs Total Solar Eclipse Comparison https://kj7rrv.com/annular-vs-total-solar-eclipse-comparison <![CDATA[The image on the left is an annular solar eclipse, while the one on the right is a total eclipse. In an annular eclipse, the moon covers the center part of the sun, leaving a ring visible, while in a total eclipse, it covers the entire sun, allowing the faint solar corona to be seen. iframe frameborder="0" class="juxtapose" width="350" height="350" src="https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/juxtapose/latest/embed/index.html?uid=06f2debc-6aca-11ee-b5be-6595d9b17862"/iframe Annular eclipse image by a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AnnularEclipse.TakenfromMiddlegate,NevadaonMay20,2012.jpg"Smrgeog/a, used under a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"CC BY-SA 3.0/a, via Wikimedia Commons. Total eclipse image by a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solareclipse19994.jpg"Luc Viatour/a, used under a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"CC BY-SA 3.0/a, via Wikimedia Commons. Image comparison created with JuxtaposeJS by Northwestern University Knight Lab. span xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"a property="dct:title" rel="cc:attributionURL" href="https://kj7rrv.com/annular-vs-total-solar-eclipse-comparison"Annular vs Total Solar Eclipse Comparison/a by a rel="cc:attributionURL dct:creator" property="cc:attributionName" href="https://kj7rrv.com"Samuel Sloniker/a is licensed under a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/?ref=chooser-v1" target="_blank" rel="license noopener noreferrer" style="display:inline-block;"CC BY-SA 4.0img style="height:22px!important;margin-left:3px;vertical-align:text-bottom;" src="https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/cc.svg?ref=chooser-v1"img style="height:22px!important;margin-left:3px;vertical-align:text-bottom;" src="https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/by.svg?ref=chooser-v1"img style="height:22px!important;margin-left:3px;vertical-align:text-bottom;" src="https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/sa.svg?ref=chooser-v1"/a/span science]]> The image on the left is an annular solar eclipse, while the one on the right is a total eclipse. In an annular eclipse, the moon covers the center part of the sun, leaving a ring visible, while in a total eclipse, it covers the entire sun, allowing the faint solar corona to be seen.

Annular eclipse image by Smrgeog, used under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Total eclipse image by Luc Viatour, used under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Image comparison created with JuxtaposeJS by Northwestern University Knight Lab. Annular vs Total Solar Eclipse Comparison by Samuel Sloniker is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

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