Solar Eclipse

5. The fraction of the Sun’s surface area covered by the Moon is called the Eclipse ___
7. Dark regions on the Sun where magnetic fields are bundled together and are so strong that the flow of hot gas from the Sun’s interior to the surface is inhibited
9. A solar-eclipse aficionado
10. A thin, red-colored layer of solar atmosphere located just above the photosphere
11. The Sun’s upper atmosphere, visible as a pearly glow around the eclipsed Sun during totality.
12. The plane of Earth's orbit around the Sun

1. A solar eclipse that begins as an annular, becomes total for a brief time, and then reverts back to an annular before it ends
2. The darkest part of the Moon’s shadow
3. The visible surface of the Sun, which consists of a gas layer at a temperature of roughly 5,500° Celsius
4. A solar eclipse where the apparent diameter of the Moon is too small to completely cover the Sun
6. The portion of the Moon’s shadow in which only part of the Sun is covered
8. The maximum phase of a total solar eclipse, during which the Moon’s disk completely covers the Sun's bright face