article_snippet: ’s shadow will sweep over the North Pole.' project coordinater Annelie Schoenmaker explained that seen from the North Pole, The moon's diameter will appear larger than the sun itself, blocking all direct sunlight and turning day into night.
article_snippet: Tom Kerss, astronomer at The Royal Observatory Greenwich told MailOnline: 'Since the moon is smaller than the Earth, and very far away, the properly dark shadow it casts will only be about 100 miles wide, and will spend most of it time darkening the chilly waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. '
article_snippet: Since the shadow of the Moon will be ever so slightly larger in this scenario, it might appear slightly darker during totality, but in practise I think this would be difficult to detect, even by an experienced eclipse chaser. '
article_snippet: Because the Moon is further from Earth, the Moon appears smaller.
article_snippet: As a result, the Moon doesn't block the entire view of the sun.
article_snippet: The moon in front of the sun resembles a dark disk on top of a larger sun-colored disk and creates what looks like a ring around the Moon.