This is a matter of opinion. Some people may find one detail most spectacular, while others find a different detail more impressive. Here are the two that I have found most memorable: 1). The appearance of the solar corona during totality. 2). The appearance of "Bailey's Beads" at the instant when totality ends.
Yes, it gets dark during a total solar eclipse.
As total solar eclipses are very rare and spectacular, the sight of them is much sought after.
Total, and totally spectacular. Depending on your location
Sometimes, during a total solar eclipse, the corona of sun is visible to our eyes.
During a total solar eclipse, at one point it will be almost completely dark.
You can see the corona during a total solar eclipse
-- During a partial solar eclipse, part of the sun is obscured from our view (by the moon) and the rest of it is still there. -- During a total solar eclipse, the entire disk of the sun is obscured from our view (by the moon).
The earth gets it's light from the sun. During a total solar eclipse, the moon blocks that light.
It depends upon where the solar eclipse will occur and when. Australia has had many recent total solar eclipses that have been quite spectacular. It seems that Australia and New Zealand had many solar eclipses in 2012.
During a total solar eclipse, it can get as dark as twilight or even darker, depending on the location and the amount of sunlight blocked by the moon.
The thin red rim around the Sun during a total solar eclipse is called the solar chromosphere. It is the lower part of the Sun's atmosphere and is visible during a total solar eclipse when the Moon fully covers the Sun's bright disk, allowing the chromosphere to be seen.
A blank sky, with no moon!