Rare ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse: Hypnotizing pictures from across the globe

The first of two Solar eclipses for 2020 the sun on Sunday turned into a glowing “ring of fire”. People who were along a narrow band of the world in parts of Africa and Asia were the few lucky ones to see the rare “ring-shaped” eclipse firsthand.

An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon is too far from Earth to completely hide the sun, leaving a ring of sunlight around the moon. This is how these types of eclipses get their poetic nickname “Ring of Fire”.

The complete annular solar eclipse was visible throughout parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia throughout Sunday. Northern India experienced an almost complete solar eclipse, with 99.4% of the sun blocked during the summit.

We have summarized some of the best images that are filtered below on the web. We will continue to update this piece with some of the best we find.

Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, snapped some wonderful pictures from the Baikonur cosmodrome. a launch pad for NASA astronauts in the past nine years.

On June 21, some Russian regions observed a partial #Solareclipse. In 2020, this astronomical event coincided with the summer solstice.

Remarkably, the ring’s eclipse began at 04:48 UTC in Central Africa with the longest phase visible in the Himalayas for 38 seconds. Pic.twitter.com/94XsID6SHo

– РОСКОСМОС (@roscosmos) June 21, 2020

Indian journalist Pankaj Jain reached for this epic snapshot.

The annularity did not occur long after noon local time in Sirsa, India. This recording from Time and Date’s YouTube stream shows a ghostly orange ring surrounding the shadow moon.

Cloudy skies in parts of India created impressive visions.

Of course, not everything was clear …

This will not be the only eclipse of the year. A total solar eclipse is scheduled for viewers in parts of South America on December 14th.