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| | Solar eclipse -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | Those alive today probably won't live to see it happen again — on June 25, 2150. |
 | | The longest total solar eclipse during the 8,000-year period from 3000 BC to 5000 AD will occur on July 16, 2186, when totality will last 7 min 29 s. |
 | | For (A physicist who studies astronomy) astronomers, a total solar eclipse forms a rare opportunity to observe the ((botany) the trumpet shaped or cup shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower) corona (the outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere). |
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