Friday 24 July 2009

Solar eclipse in Asia 2009



This photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, total solar eclipse is seen in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, at 9:16am on Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Asia witness 21st century's longest eclipse on Wednesday.

This photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Baily's Beads of solar eclipse is seen in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, at 9:16am on Wednesday, July 22, 2009.


A total solar eclipse is seen in Baihata, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) west of Gauhati, India, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century pitched a swath of Asia from India to China into near darkness Wednesday as millions gathered to watch the phenomenon.


The eclipse as seen from Terengganu (Malaysia) at 9.45am.


A Thai Buddhist monk watches the solar eclipse through special filter at Dhepsarin school in Bangkok, Thailand , Wednesday, July 22, 2009.


A young boy watches the solar eclipse at the astrological museum Wednesday, July 22, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan.


A photographer uses an X-ray to take photos of a partial eclipse of the sun, at the Great Wall of China at Badaling, north of Beijing.


South Korean students watch the solar eclipse through special filters at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea.


Visitors observe the darkness during the total solar eclipse in Yanguan town, Haining City, China.

A woman, center, watches the solar eclipse through a coated glass by Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam.


A temporary campsite on Amami Oshima, Japan, Wednesday. Space enthusiasts gathered on this southern island to witness the longest total solar eclipse of this century.


Visitors try out solar view goggles after a demonstration on safely watching a solar eclipse at the Science City in Ahmadabad, India.


A partial solar eclipse is seen in Yanguan town, Haining City, China, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Hundreds of millions of people across China, India and Japan will witness the longest solar eclipse of the century.


The sun emerges after a total solar eclipse seen in Varanasi, India.


A partiall solar eclipse is seen in Yanguan town, Haining City, China.






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