Across
- 2. The sun's atmosphere, which is only visible during a solar eclipse when the moon completely blocks out all the light from the sun's visible surface.
- 6. Visible when the last bead of sunlight pours past the moon.(2 words)
- 7. The part of an eclipse when the sun is completely blocked by the moon. This stage lasts around 3 minutes and will appear as a black disk surrounded by the glow of the sun’s atmosphere.
- 9. The path on the ground where much less shadow is produced. Observers in this area will only see a partial eclipse.
- 10. The moment that the edge of the moon makes it across the sun and lines up with the other side, causing sudden darkness.(2 words)
Down
- 1. Mysterious bands of light and dark squiggling across light surfaces around you. They may be caused by turbulence in the air interacting with the last bit of remaining sunlight.(2 words)
- 3. Reddish, cloudy shapes extending out from the disc of the moon. They are hot clouds of gas billowing out of the sun along magnetic field lines.
- 4. Flickers of light seen just before totality, caused by sunlight shining through the mountains and valleys on the moon.(2 words)
- 5. The moment when the moon takes its first tiny nibble out of the solar disk(2 words)
- 8. The path on the ground that is completely shrouded in shadow and observers will see a total eclipse.