Ring of fire rises above the horizon

The sun's rays the upper edge of the rising Sun appear above the clouds... But where did the rest of the Sun?

Early on the morning of 10 may 2013 the residents of Western Australia could see the annular solar Eclipse formed by the shadow of the moon is located between Earth and the Sun. Those who were not aware of the events, did not understand what was happening.

During annular Eclipse the Moon is too far from Earth to block all the Sun, and in most cases creates a ring of fire, blacking out the Central part of the solar disk. Timelapse video contains another unusual optical phenomenon in which near the horizon the Sun and Moon look a bit flattened because of atmospheric refraction.

This weekend, June 21, will be a new annular solar Eclipse visible from Central Africa, Arabian Peninsula and Asia. Most of the Eastern hemisphere will see a partial solar Eclipse.

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