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Credit & Copyright: Stephane Moser
Explanation:
The New Moon's
dark shadow crossed planet Earth on September 1.
In silhouette the Moon didn't quite cover the Sun though, creating an an
annular solar eclipse.
The shadow's narrow central path was about 100 kilometers wide at
maximum eclipse.
Beginning in the South Atlantic, it
tracked toward
the east across Africa, ending in the Indian Ocean.
Waiting on the Indian Ocean's Reunion
Island, eclipse watchers enjoyed a view just north of the
eclipse centerline, the annular phase lasting a few minutes or less.
Clouds threaten the nearly eclipsed Sun but create a
dramatic sky in this partial phase snapshot from the
northern side of the 50 kilometer wide island.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: annular solar eclipse
Publications with words: annular solar eclipse
See also:
- APOD: 2023 November 1 Á Annular Solar Eclipse over Utah
- A Sunrise at Sunset Point
- APOD: 2023 October 16 Á Eclipse Rings
- Ring of Fire over Monument Valley
- APOD: 2023 October 1 Á A Desert Eclipse
- APOD: 2023 September 24 Á A Ring of Fire Sunrise Solar Eclipse
- APOD: 2023 September 17 Á Moon Mountains Magnified during Ring of Fire Eclipse