SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES

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Across
  1. 2. During a total lunar eclipse, the moon does not appear totally dark but looks slightly __________ in colour.
  2. 4. Solar eclipses if seen with the naked eye damage the eye _________________.
  3. 6. The Latin word for moon
  4. 7. The ________ doesn't have its own natural light.
  5. 8. Eclipses are beautiful ___________ phenomena.
  6. 11. When the earth comes in between the sun and the earth, it is called a ___________ eclipse.
Down
  1. 1. The shadow that gets bigger as it reaches the earth is known as the ____________
  2. 3. For a total solar eclipse, the sun, moon and the earth should be in a __________line.
  3. 4. Sometimes due to this condition in the sky, we are unable to see an eclipse.
  4. 5. We need a special __________ to look at the sun directly during a solar eclipse.
  5. 9. A person who studies the sun, moon, stars etc
  6. 10. An object through which light cannot pass is known as an _________ object.