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An annular solar eclipse earlier today was visible in South-East Asia, southern Africa and Australia. Thanks to M.R. Taufik from Bontang, Indonesia for sharing this image of a complete ring or annulus of light from the sun peeking out from around the moon. Because the moon’s orbit is elliptical, its distance from Earth–and its apparent size—varies. Annular eclipses happen when the moon looks too small to completely cover the sun. Such an event that occurs about 66 times a century.
There were a few photo collections on Flickr of the eclipse; see here, and here. And here’s more from M.R. Taufik.
Here’s a great gallery of eclipse photos.
National Geographic has a few images, too.
The next solar eclipse will occur July 22 this year.
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