An eclipse occurs when one object gets in between you and another object and blocks your view. From Earth, we routinely experience two kinds of eclipses: an eclipse of the Moon and an eclipse of the Sun. There are three types of a solar eclipse: total, partial, and annular. During a total eclipse, the Moon completely covers our view of the Sun. A total eclipse is only visible from a narrow strip (about 150 km wide) of the Earth’s surface at any one time. From the areas outside this narrow strip, the Sun appears to be only partially covered and a partial eclipse is seen. Warning: As many of you may know, its not advisable to observe or look at the Solar Eclipse with your naked eyes as it can cause irreversible blindness as warned by Dr. Issa Makumbi of the ministry of health. Besides the naked eye, Makumbi also warned against using colour or developed films, modern cameras, sunglasses, binoculars and telescopes. We found out how to safely watch the Solar Eclipse using your own homemade Pinhole camera so make one for yourself and have fun. Update: You can follow the Event on Twitter using the hashtag #EclipseUG
