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Credit & Copyright: Gary Chan
Explanation:
On
June 21
an annular solar eclipse came soon after
the solstice and our fair planet's northernmost sunset for 2020.
At maximum eclipse, the New Moon in silhouette created a ring of fire
visible along a narrow path at most 85 kilometers wide.
The
annular eclipse path
began in central Africa,
crossed south Asia and China, and ended over the Pacific Ocean.
But a partial
eclipse of the Sun was visible over a
much broader
region.
In Hong Kong, this busy section of Jordan Street looks to the
northwest, well-aligned with the track of the near solstice afternoon Sun.
The street level view was composited with an eclipse sequence
made with a safe solar filter on the camera.
For that location the eclipse was partial.
The Moon covered about 90 percent of the Sun's diameter
at maximum, seen near the middle of the eclipse sequence.
Gallery: Notable
images
of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2020 June
submitted to APOD
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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