A solar eclipse plunging millions of people in Africa and Asia into semi-darkness on Friday is believed to be the longest annular eclipse for 1,000 years.
The visible spectacle has been seen as a roughly 300 kilometer band running 12,900 kilometers across the globe, AFP reports.
The moon's shadow first struck the southwestern tip of Chad and the western Central African Republic at 0514 GMT. It then reached Uganda, Kenya, and Somalia before racing across India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and China.
An annular eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly in front of the sun but does not completely cover it, leaving a ring of sunlight flaring around the lunar disk.
Despite warnings issued about the dangers of looking directly at the sun during the event, curious onlookers were reported to have filled the streets looking at the celestial phenomenon.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=116202§ionid=3510208.
An Open Letter to Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan
9 years ago
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.