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Eclipse crosses Asia, US: Millions look skyward
Albuquerque (New Mexico): From a park near Albuquerque, to the top of Japan’s Mount Fuji, to the California coast the effect was dramatic: The moon nearly blotting out the sun creating a blazing “ring of fire” eclipse.
Millions of people across a narrow strip of eastern Asia and the Western US turned their sights skyward for the annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges. The rare lunar-solar alignment was visible in Asia early on Monday before it moved across the Pacific and the international dateline where it was seen in parts of the western United States late on Sunday afternoon. Eventually, the moon centred and covered about 96 per cent of the sun.
Albuquerque (New Mexico): From a park near Albuquerque, to the top of Japan’s Mount Fuji, to the California coast the effect was dramatic: The moon nearly blotting out the sun creating a blazing “ring of fire” eclipse.
Millions of people across a narrow strip of eastern Asia and the Western US turned their sights skyward for the annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges. The rare lunar-solar alignment was visible in Asia early on Monday before it moved across the Pacific and the international dateline where it was seen in parts of the western United States late on Sunday afternoon. Eventually, the moon centred and covered about 96 per cent of the sun.
