In 1857, Frederick Laggenheim took the first photograph of a solar eclipse.
As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth and the Moon partially or fully 'blocks' the view of the Sun from Earth. This can happen only at new moon, when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth in an alignment referred to as syzygy. In a total eclipse, the disc of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses only part of the Sun is obscured.
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