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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.

Date January 28, 2009
Credit Credit & Copyright: Armando Lee ( Astron. League Philippines ), F. Naelga Jr., 100 Hours of Astronomy ( IYA2009 )
Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)
A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC,
NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U.