Link to The universe (T5): Total eclipse documentary
Documentary Description
Once they were dreaded and thought to be dragons eating the sun--but
modern science has dispelled mythology and we now look forward to total
Solar Eclipses as one of the most spectacular phenomena in the heavens.
Explore the complex movements of Earth, Moon and Sun that produce these
unusual events and hear details why we may be the only intelligent
beings in the known Universe to witness eclipses like we see on Earth.
Man-made eclipses also figure into the science in the form of
instruments called "coronagraphs." They blot out the sun and reveal its
corona, uncovering secrets which, while enlightening, also warn of a
disaster that could make our advanced technology crash and burn.
Finally, travel into deep space, where the tiny eclipses caused by
planets circling distant stars is now beginning to reveal hundreds more
stars where "exoplanets" exist... perhaps even those in habitable zones
like the Earth.