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Astronomy Picture of the Day
A Partial Eclipse Over Manila Bay
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29.01.2009 00:00
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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. digg_url = 'http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090128.html'; digg_skin = 'compact';
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