On the ground, viewers in the full shadow's path-aka the path of totality-see the moon cover the sun's disk for several minutes. Only the sun's faint upper atmosphere, or corona, remains visible.

地面上处于本影位置的观测者可以看到月球将太阳整个覆盖住，时间长达几分钟，其时只有太阳微弱的上层大气或称为日冕依然处于可见状态。

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Teams from Europe, India and Japan also are converging upon the path of totality.

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