'Ring of fire' solar eclipse to dim Africa, Asia

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Annular eclipses occur when the Moon is not quite close enough to our planet to completely obscure sunlight, leaving a thin ring of the solar disc visible.

The moon moves in front of the sun in a rare"ring of fire" solar eclipse as seen from Singapore on December 26, 2019.PARIS - Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and southern China will witness on Sunday a dramatic"ring of fire" solar eclipse.

More spectacular, but less long-lived: the exact alignment of the Earth, Moon and Sun will be visible for only 38 seconds. The full eclipse will be visible at successive locations over a period of nearly four hours, and one of the last places to see a partially hidden Sun is Taiwan before.

 

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