Look at it carefully - use some very dark filter, such as welding lenses. Do NOT try to look at the sun directly because even during an eclipse there is enough light to damage unprotected eyes.
During a total solar eclipse, at one point it will be almost completely dark.
During a TOTAL solar eclipse, one can see the corona, the part that extends millions of miles out into space.
You can draw a diagram with the Sun at one side, the Moon in the middle and the Earth on the other side. A shadow falls on the Earth and anyone on that part of the Earth sees a solar eclipse. Obviously the Moon is not that big, so when there is an eclipse on one part of the Earth, other people in many different places don't see one.
-- A dragon is eating the sun. -- There's something special and different about the sun's rays during a solar eclipse that's especially dangerous for your eyes, and that's the reason that you should not look at the sun during the eclipse.
During any eclipse, the sun, moon, and Earth must be lined up on the same line, so that the one farthest from the sun is in the shadow of the middle one. During a solar eclipse, the moon is the one in the middle, and part of the Earth is in its shadow. During a lunar eclipse, the Earth is the one in the middle, and the moon is in its shadow.
There is absolutely no reason why you shouldn't eat during a solar eclipse. The only difference between a solar eclipse and night time is that at night the sun's light is blocked by the ground under your feet, and in a solar eclipse, the sun's light is partially blocked by the moon.
During a lunar eclipse, the Earth is between the sun and the moon; the shadow of Earth darkens the moon. During a solar eclipse, the moon is between Earth and the sun; the moon blocks the sun.
It is a new Moon. For a solar eclipse, the moon has to be between Earth and the Sun. We get a total lunar eclipse when Earth is between the Sun and the Moon. The Moon would have to be full for it to be eclipsed.
You can definitely get along without a website, and probably without a diagram. During either type of eclipse, the sun, moon, and earth are exactly lined up, in a straight line and in the same plane. For a solar eclipse, the moon is the one in the middle. For a lunar eclipse, the earth is the one in the middle.
A solar eclipse is when the sun is blocked by the moon and to best determine when one is currently happening, a solar eclipse is nicknamed "Black Sun."
During a solar eclipse, one looks towards the Sun, and without proper protection eye damage can be caused. During a lunar eclipse, one looks at the Moon, which is significantly less bright than the Sun.
The 2007 total solar eclipse in the US lasted for about 2 minutes and 30 seconds at its longest point. The path of totality traveled across parts of the western US, including northern California, Nevada, and Utah.