A Partial Eclipse Over Manila Bay
Explanation:
What's happened to the setting Sun?
An eclipse!
Two days ago, the Moon eclipsed part of the Sun as visible from parts of
Africa, Australia, and Asia.
In particular the
above image, taken from the
Mall of Asia
seawall, caught a partially eclipsed Sun setting over
Manila Bay in the
Philippines.
Piers are visible in
silhouette in the foreground.
Eclipse chasers
and well placed
sky enthusiasts captured
many other interesting
and artistic images of the year's only
annular solar eclipse, including
movies,
eclipse shadow arrays, and
rings of fire.
Another partial
solar eclipse will be visible from the
Philippines in July.
That event,
however, will likely be better remembered as a
total solar eclipse
visible to those occupying a
long thin swath of Earth that starts in India and extends through China into
the Pacific Ocean.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
