Solar Eclipse

[other one]

Just now, Jedi4Yahweh said:

Well the sun is a single source.

But it is huge, light comes from all over it's surface and the angles of light coming from the different angles is what makes the difference.  Notice that the light coming from the sides of the Sun come in angles that go around the moon so to speak.

    If the sun was a single point of like it would look like this.

 

and you would be right about the shadow being larger than the object making the shadow.

[Marathoner]

Thanks for sharing that, @other one. 

[other one]

Just now, Marathoner said:

Thanks for sharing that, @other one. 

The subject was a big thing for me in high school physics, and Mr. Foster made an issue out of me. LoL

[Marathoner]

8 minutes ago, other one said:

The subject was a big thing for me in high school physics, and Mr. Foster made an issue out of me. LoL

Ha! I'm glad that the drill sergeants in Basic Training never used me as an example. I was good at cruising under their radar... they had to look at the name tag on my uniform to know my name. They were fond of doing that to hapless trainees. 

[The_Patriot21]

I mean it's not like the moon is way closer then the sun so that obviously can't have anything to do with it.

[Jedi4Yahweh]

9 hours ago, other one said:

But it is huge, light comes from all over it's surface and the angles of light coming from the different angles is what makes the difference.  Notice that the light coming from the sides of the Sun come in angles that go around the moon so to speak.

    If the sun was a single point of like it would look like this.

 

and you would be right about the shadow being larger than the object making the shadow.

So light does not funnel down as you show in your pictures.  Light spreads the further it goes out.  This is why shadows appear larger.  

So you do agree shadows are larger than the object.  So then why in your first picture why is the inner darker moon shadow so much much smaller and not larger?  

[other one]

1 hour ago, Jedi4Yahweh said:

So light does not funnel down as you show in your pictures.  Light spreads the further it goes out.  This is why shadows appear larger.  

So you do agree shadows are larger than the object.  So then why in your first picture why is the inner darker moon shadow so much much smaller and not larger?  

Because you can't compare the light from a flashlight as the same from the sun.   That is simple physics and if you don't understand that I don't see how to show you.

[Neighbor]

Light bends due to gravity of mass.

[other one]

Bending isn't the cause though.  It is because the sun is so much bigger than the moon.

 

Light from the top and bottom of the sun causes the different shadows. If the only light came from the center of the sun the whole earth would see the total eclipse and there would be no ring

[Indentured Servant]

Easy experiment...

I tested this by casting a shadow of a penny onto another penny. The shadow was smaller, because the light source was larger.

The sun is much larger than the moon; and even at such a greater distance, it is still large enough to cast a smaller solid shadow.