In pictures: Moon makes dazzling rings
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Millions of people across the globe looked skyward on Monday to witness an annular eclipse. This is different from a total solar eclipse in that the Moon does not quite cover the entire disc of the Sun. -
Those in a narrow path across the Earth's surface saw the full event; others north and south of this line saw the Moon take a big chunk out of the Sun. -
One of the best places to see the eclipse was in the Spanish capital, Madrid. Large crowds gathered at the planetarium to view the fiery ring through special eclipse glasses. -
Even Madrid's dogs wanted to catch the spectacle. There have now been four such events this century. The next total solar eclipse is on 29 March, 2006. -
There was music to accompany the show - violinist Ali Malikian played Lunar Shadow in front of a giant screen at the Madrid planetarium. -
This man in Pamplona, Spain, went for a slightly unconventional view - he had a home-made cardboard tube with a filter taped over one end to dim the light from the Sun. -
One of the safest ways to view an eclipse is to project an image through a telescope or pin-hole camera on to a sheet – as here in Kosice, Slovakia. -
These Bulgarian children were doing something similar at the Black Sea port of Varna. -
Indian Hindu devotees took a holy dip in the water tank at the Laxminarayan Temple in Amritsar, on the occasion of "Surya Ghrahen", or solar eclipse. -
The path of the eclipse stretched from the North Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. Here, university students watch the eclipse through X-ray sheets in Jammu, India. -
Picture pls?
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Annular Solar Eclipse at High Resolution
On Monday, part of the Sun went missing. The missing piece was no cause for concern -- the Moon was only momentarily in the way. The event was not a total eclipse of the Sun for any Earth-bound sky enthusiast but rather, at best, an annular eclipse, where the Moon blocked most of the Sun. Because of the relatively large distance to the Moon during this Earth-Moon-Sun alignment, the Moon did not have a large enough angular size to block the entire Sun. Those who witnessed the solar eclipse from a narrow path through Spain and Africa, however, were lucky enough to see the coveted Ring of Fire, a dark Moon completely surrounded by the brilliant light of the distant Sun. Pictured above is a Ring of Fire captured two days ago in unusually high resolution above Spain. The resulting image shows details of the granular solar surface as well as many prominences around the Sun.
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the pics r fine.. tink u need to wait awhile for it to load.Originally posted by aRcTiC_sTaR:Picture pls? -
Glimpse of the eclipse
Bulgarian youths watch the annular eclipse of the sun using a telescope in the Black Sea port of Varna on Monday. Millions of people living in Europe and Africa watched as the moon passed across the face of the sun, causing the eclipse in which only a fiery solar rim could be seen. -- AFP -
RING OF FIRE: The moon passed across the face of the sun, causing a rare annular eclipse on Monday in which only a fiery solar rim can be seen -- AP -
AFP - Mon Oct 3, 2:49 PM ET
Safe shot : A man looks at the annular eclipse of the sun through a filter device in La Linea, southern Spain. (AFP/Jose Luis Roca) -
AFP - Mon Oct 3, 3:13 PM ET
Homemade viewer : A woman looks at an annular eclipse through a plastic bottle near Rabat, Morocco. (AFP/Abdelhak Senna) -
AFP - Mon Oct 3, 3:10 PM ET
Mass viewing : People wear special glasses to watch the annular eclipse of the sun at the Planetarium in Madrid. (AFP/Philippe Desmazes) -
AFP - Mon Oct 3, 2:51 PM ET
Safe shades : A man watches the annular eclipse of the sun through a pair of special glasses in Vigo, Spain. (AFP/Miguel Riopa) -
AFP - Mon Oct 3, 3:08 PM ET
Seen from Jordan : Jordanian school girls wear special glasses to watch an annular solar eclipse in the Jordanian capital Amman. (AFP/Khalil Mazraawi) -
i forgot the name of the thing in the red box. anyone? -
corona?Originally posted by casshern:
i forgot the name of the thing in the red box. anyone?
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zhun boh? dun anyhow anyhow den i say salah paiseh myselfOriginally posted by poon cho tang:corona? -
u r soliciting for answers, aren't u?Originally posted by casshern:zhun boh? dun anyhow anyhow den i say salah paiseh myself -
i believe the phenomenon is known as a sun flare.Originally posted by casshern:
i forgot the name of the thing in the red box. anyone?
