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Computer GraphicsExplain the principles of solar and lunar eclipses using computer graphics. Sometimes, it is expressed more realistically by synthesizing actual images.
This is a computer graphic video that explains why the moon in the shadow of the Earth looks red during a total lunar eclipse. Here, the moon used footage from an actual total lunar eclipse.
Seen from space, this simulation shows how the Moon casts a dark, narrow shadow onto the Earth. Around it is a larger but lighter shadow. In this area people see just a partial solar eclipse.
While a total solar eclipse occurs almost every year, it can be seen only from along a narrow, and often remote, path. If you remain in one place and wait for a total eclipse to come to you, you will wait an average of 400 years between eclipses! |
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