US, WASHINGTON (ORDO NEWS) — Observers along the strip from West Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and the Far East witnessed the “ring of fire” solar eclipse on Sunday.
So-called annular eclipses occur when the Moon passing between the Earth and the Sun is not close enough to our planet to completely obscure the sunlight, leaving the thin ring of the solar disk visible.
Sunday’s eclipse occurred on the longest day of the Northern Hemisphere of the year – the summer solstice – when the North Pole is most inclined towards the Sun.
日环食拍摄大成功!!
Just finish my first series of total solar eclipse photo from Xiamen today! With Mouffy and Pico together! We all felt exhausted but everything is worth for this!#solareclipse #SolarEclipsejune2020 #Xiamen pic.twitter.com/RKqBnT7HMY
— 墨非 Mouffy&Murmur (@Mouffybear) June 21, 2020
A solar eclipse always occurs about two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse, when the moon moves into the shadow of the earth. Lunar eclipses are visible from about half the surface of the Earth.
Happening now: "Ring of fire" solar eclipse pictured in #China's Tibet, Zhengzhou City and Beijing. #SolarEclipse2020 pic.twitter.com/NLPuby996l
— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) June 21, 2020
On July 5, a lunar eclipse is expected with a better view of the Americas, southern Europe and Africa.
Moonshadow. Today’s solar eclipse, from space.
(images via Japan Met Agency satellite Himawari-8) pic.twitter.com/lcb0m0SCF5
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) June 21, 2020
On December 14, 2020, a second solar eclipse will occur over South America. Since the Moon will be a little closer to the Earth, it will completely block sunlight.
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