Composition of annular eclipse
There will be an annular solar eclipse today, which is said to happen once in a hundred years. Such an opportunity is really hard to come by. Television news has repeatedly reminded people not to miss this good opportunity.
I don't want to miss it either. However, I checked the time and area of the solar eclipse on the internet, and I didn't mention my Dongying city at all. If Dongying is too small to mention, then even Jinan, the provincial capital, has not mentioned it. This makes me very disappointed. It seems that this once-in-a-century opportunity is going to miss me.
But after all, I am not willing. Even if you can't see the solar eclipse with your own eyes, it is good to watch the annular eclipse on TV. So, just after 4 pm, I couldn't sit still any longer and went straight to the TV. Turn on the TV. Although the news channel also mentioned the eclipse, it was not the live broadcast time. So, just wait for something else.
It's past 16: 50, and the live broadcast of the eclipse has already started. The TV shows the solar eclipses in Dali and Ruili, Yunnan. However, I happened to go to the window and look at the sun, only to find a vague shadow under it. Ah, so we can also see the annular eclipse here. The neighbors downstairs are already watching with sunglasses. I couldn't find my sunglasses in a hurry because I wasn't prepared. I want to look for a piece of glass after painting it black, but I don't even have a piece of fast glass under my hand. He used his quick wits, so he found a piece of paper, stuck a small hole in it and looked at it with the principle of small hole imaging. I don't know if it's the eclipse or the setting. At this time, the sunshine is not as strong as it was just now. Through the small hole, you can clearly see that in the lower left corner of the golden sun, a black circular shadow is moving towards the center of the sun. The sunshine in the middle is blocked, but stronger and more beautiful sunshine comes out from around the shadow. It is golden, beautiful and of course a little dazzling.
Because there is no suitable observation equipment, I dare not watch for a long time, so I can only wait and watch for a while. Gradually, the black ball became clear, moved slowly from bottom to top, and finally moved out from the upper left. The sunshine gradually weakened, and the harsh golden color gradually turned into brilliant red. A large piece of the sun is missing, but the rest has become a beautiful first quarter moon. Only the moon is not white, but red, like red steel in a fire. At this time, the sun gradually sets and falls on the distant roof. The first quarter moon is gradually blocked by buildings from below, and the remaining flaming first quarter moon is less and less, smaller and smaller, half, a corner, a little, and finally disappears completely, leaving only Xia Hong for half a day to render the western sky, just like the charm of a beautiful sunset.
At this moment, I looked at my watch. It was five o'clock. 10 minutes of astronomical wonders finally came to an end. What is left is the memory of that dazzling scene.