Why does garlic make your breath smell. Garlic and other members of the allium plant family (onions, shallots, leeks) produce cysteine sulfoxide and this gives them their distinct odor and taste. These sulfuric compounds are very similar to the compounds that are produced by the anaerobic bacteria that cause bad breath.
Sun-moon configurations that produce a total (A), annular (B), and partial (C) solar eclipse. A total eclipse occurs when the observer is within the umbra, an annular eclipse when the observer is within the antumbra, and a partial eclipse when the observer is within the penumbra. During a lunar eclipse only the umbra and penumbra are applicable.
Moon blotted out some of the sun during Thursday's partial solar eclipse. Andy, Cathy and Jessica Howell look at a partial eclipse of the sun on Thursday, October 23, in Gainesville, Florida. The solar eclipse was visible for most North Americans. Click through for more views: Tree branches are silhouetted against the sun during the partial eclipse as seen from Paynes Prairie in Gainesville.