But the moon is approximately 400 times closer to the earth than is the sun. So when the moon slips in front of the sun, it's as if the Creator were performing celestial sleight-of-hand. Color bleeds out of the heavens and earth. Day becomes night.
太陽直徑是月球的四百倍，月球卻比太陽靠近地球四百倍，所以，當月亮瞬間遮住太陽，就像造物主在天際耍玩的一場魔術：天地為之變色，白晝頓成黑夜，群星出沒。