Totality during a solar eclipse is not totally dark because

A) most of the Earth is basking in sunlight.
B) of light from the solar corona.
C) the Moon is smaller than the Sun.
D) the line between umbra and penumbra is not sharp.
E) the Moon is directly in front of the Sun.


B

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