This is called a total solar eclipse.

这被称为日全食。

Last summer's total solar eclipse sliced right through Columbia, Missouri.

去年夏天的日全食发生时，密苏里州哥伦比亚市正好处于日全食带上。

When the umbra touches the Earth, we get a total solar eclipse.

当本影接触地球时，我们会看到日全食。

Those two regions will experience a total solar eclipse in 2019.

这两个地区将在2019年经历日全食。

First, there is the most widely known type of eclipse, a total solar eclipse.

第一种也是大多数人都知道的一种，就是日全食。

We all just recently experienced this with the total solar eclipse that happened in April.

我们都刚刚经历了四月的日全食。

Astronomers knew that the region had a total solar eclipse on July 11, 1097.

天文学家知道查科峡谷在1907年7月11日发生了日全食。

People in the path of the umbra may see a total solar eclipse.

在本影路径上的人们可能会看到日全食。

Total solar eclipses are even more rare and occur an average of 66 times in a century.

日全食更为罕见，平均一个世纪发生 66 次。

Millions of people across parts of Asia and the Pacific are experiencing a red total solar eclipse.

亚洲及太平洋多地出现红色月全食。

There are several stages and some visual tips that you can use to recognize a total solar eclipse.

日全食的几个阶段和一些视觉现象可以帮助你识别它。

In 1869, two scientists independently decided to point a spectroscope toward the corona during a total solar eclipse.

1869 年，两名科学家在日全食期间各自决定将分光镜对准日冕。

Total solar eclipses of such a long duration are very rare events, they happen but once in a lifetime.

持续时间如此之长的日全食很少见，可以说是千载难逢。

They started the measure over the state's decision to lock down prisons during next Monday's total solar eclipse.

他们起诉的原因是，纽约州决定在下周一日全食期间封锁监狱。

So why doesn't the moon completely block out the sun's light like it does in a total solar eclipse?

那么为什么月球不像日全食那样完全挡住太阳光呢？

A total solar eclipse won't happen again in the United States for another 20 years.

日全食将在20年内不会在美国重现。

David Baron will be in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 21st, to see his sixth total solar eclipse.

8月21日，大卫·巴伦将在怀俄明州的杰克逊霍尔第六次观看日全食。

A lot of people think if you look at a total solar eclipse you can go permanently and completely blind.

很多人以为如果你直视完整的日食过程，你可能会永久失明。

But it can be seen with the naked eye when the moon blocks the sun during a total solar eclipse.

但在日全食期间，当月亮挡住太阳时，人们可以用肉眼看到它。

Author and journalist David Baron talking about the first time he saw a total solar eclipse, in 1998 in Aruba.

这是作家兼记者大卫·巴伦1998年在阿鲁巴第一次看到日全食的感受。