Eclipse News
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Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and the Far East witnessed a dramatic "ring of fire" solar eclipse Sunday.
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By AFP
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Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and the Far East witnessed Sunday a dramatic "ring of fire" solar eclipse.
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By AFP
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Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and southern China will witness on Sunday the most dramatic "ring of fire" solar eclipse to shadow the Earth in years.
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By AFP
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Skywatchers from Saudi Arabia and Oman to India and Singapore were treated to a rare "ring of fire" solar eclipse Thursday.
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By AFP
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A rare total solar eclipse plunged a vast swath of Latin America's southern cone into darkness Tuesday, briefly turning day into night and enthralling huge crowds in much of Chile and Argentina.
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By AFP
"Mars, Pluto, Saturn, Jupiter, Venus -- Mercury, that's the one I really wanted to see," said Chu Owen as he used an app on his mobile phone to locate planets above."It's the planets I'm really excited to see.
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By AFP
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The longest "blood moon" eclipse this century will coincide with Mars' closest approach in 15 years on Friday to offer skygazers a thrilling astronomical double bill.
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By AFP
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The longest "blood moon" eclipse this century will coincide with Mars' closest approach in 15 years to offer skygazers a thrilling astronomical double bill on Friday, astronomers say.
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By AFP
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Sky-gazers stood transfixed across North America Monday as the Sun vanished behind the Moon in a rare total eclipse that swept the continent coast-to-coast for the first time in nearly a century.
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By AFP
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Everyone who plans to look skyward when the solar eclipse sweeps across the United States on Monday should have the proper protective eyewear, or risk lasting blind spots, experts warn.Regular sunglasses will not do, the US space agency says.
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By AFP
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Eclipse-chasers are a dedicated crew of scientists who travel the globe to catch a few moments in eerie darkness, and even after seeing dozens of eclipses, they say they can't get enough.
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By AFP
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For the first time in almost a century the United States is preparing for a coast-to-coast solar eclipse, a rare celestial event millions of Americans, with caution, will be able to observe.
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By AFP
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A total solar eclipse swept across the vast Indonesian archipelago on Wednesday, marked by ecstatic sky gazers cheering the spectacle, devout Muslims kneeling in prayer and tribespeople performing rituals.
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By AFP
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A total solar eclipse swept across the vast Indonesian archipelago on Wednesday, marked by ecstatic sky gazers cheering the spectacle, devout Muslims kneeling in prayer and tribespeople performing rituals.
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By AFP
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A total solar eclipse swept across the vast Indonesian archipelago on Wednesday, marked by ecstatic sky gazers cheering the spectacle, devout Muslims kneeling in prayer and tribespeople performing rituals.
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By AFP
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A total solar eclipse will sweep across the vast Indonesian archipelago this week, witnessed by hordes of sky gazers and marked by parties, colourful tribal rituals and Muslim prayers.
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By AFP
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Skygazers were treated to a rare astronomical event Monday when a "supermoon" and lunar eclipse combined for the first time in decades, showing Earth's satellite bathed in blood-red light.
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By AFP
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All eyes were turned to the heavens early Friday for a solar eclipse offering spectacular views from selected airplane seats, European countries with clear skies and a remote Arctic archipelago.
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London -
Europe will experience a major solar eclipse event on the morning of 20 March. The eclipse of the sun by the moon to be seen across Europe will be the biggest solar eclipse event on the continent since August 1999.
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A partial solar eclipse, like the one happening this Thursday, will not be visible from across the entire US again until the year 2023. Since the next one is nearly a decade away, you'll want to get the most out of this one.
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By AFP
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Stargazers in the Americas and Asia were treated to a lunar eclipse Wednesday, a celestial show that bathed the moon in a reddish tint to create a "blood moon.
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There's going to be a red moon rising over North America early Tuesday morning, only it's not exactly red but only looks that way.
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By AFP
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A total lunar eclipse, the first since December 2011, will take place Tuesday with the Americas best placed to get a glimpse.
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People in northern Australia experienced a real treat late on Thursday when they witnessed a rare annular solar eclipse, or "Ring of Fire."
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Residents and tourists in Australia came out in mass to view the last total solar eclipse visible in the country until 2028. Another total solar eclipse will not be visible anywhere in the world until 2015.
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A total eclipse of the Sun will be visible from Earth this week in northeastern Australia. Residents in Cairns, Queensland, will see a total eclipse in which the Moon completely covers the Sun for two minutes in the eastern sky, shortly after sunrise.
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Skywatchers in western North American who rise early on Saturday will get a chance to see this month’s total lunar eclipse. A total lunar eclipse will be visible in the early morning hours on Saturday, Dec. 10.
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This morning, people in Toronto experienced a rare event: a total lunar eclipse on the same day as the winter solstice. Only once before has this happened in the past 2,000 years, on Dec. 21, 1638.
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With 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' finally hitting screens across North America, Rob Pattinson, the British actor who portrays the romantic vampire Edward Cullen, offers insights into his character and into his own personal psyche.
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After portraying Bella, the shy, determined, teenage girl in love with a vampire in two previous cinematic outings, Twilight and New Moon, actress Kristen Stewart has returned to the screen for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, playing a more mature Bella.
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Eclipse Image
Total Solar Eclipse of 2015 March 20 NASA
2012 total solar eclipse in Australia Phil Staley/Twitter
Total Solar Eclipse 1999 Luc Viator
A man looks through a telescope set up to let the local community at Lake Magadi in Kenya watch the lunar eclipse on Friday. © SIMON MAINA, AFP
"A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through the shadow of the Earth cast by light from the sun" Sagredo
Total solar eclipse Sagredo
'Geometry of a total solar eclipse (not to scale)' Sagredo
Day and night sides of the Earth when eclipse occurs. Eclipse will not be visible in daylight sides EarthSky.org
Make your own pinhole to view the solar eclipse. Windell Oksay
The lunar eclipse on Dec. 21, 3 am ET NASA
Earth's energy budget, with incoming and outgoing radiation (Values are shown in W/m2). Satellite instruments (CERES) measure the reflected solar and emitted infrared radiation fluxes. The energy balance determines Earth's climate. NASA
Total lunar eclipse captured January 20-21, 2000 NASA
Spaces between leaves project the image of a crescent sun. torbakhopper HE DEAD
Aligning his camera on the same star for nine successive exposures, Sky & Telescope contributing photographer Akira Fujii captured this record of the Moon’s progress dead center through the Earth’s shadow in July 2000. Credit: Sky & Telescope / Akira Fujii Sky & Telescope / Akira Fujii
A partial solar eclipse that was seen at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on 22 July 2009 Riyaz Ahamed
NASA diagram shows West-East path of moon through Earths umbral shadow, during lunar eclipse, Oct. 8, 2014 NASA
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