Video: Rare 'ring of fire' solar eclipse seen across Asia
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Published on May 20, 2012
Millions of people across Asia were watching the sky as a rare 'ring of fire' eclipse crossed their skies. A 'ring of fire', or annular eclipse, appears when the Moon is further away and does not prevent all sunlight from getting through. During an annular eclipse, as the Moon aligns with the Sun, it appears as if there is a black hole in the middle of a burning disc -- its name comes from annulus, which means 'ring' in Latin. This time, the eclipse started on Sunday night (GMT) in China and Japan, and over the next four hours will traveled more than 10,000 km across the Pacific Ocean and onto the United States. But only those lucky enough to be in the 300-kilometer-wide corridor were be able to observe the eclipse. On average there are about four annular eclipses every five years. But they are always in different places.
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Glad1atorFromRussia 1 year ago
Красатища
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mmaricoo 1 day ago
To protect eyes from light...
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Fletcher Ricafrente 1 week ago
0:07 filipino lol
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Israel111497 1 week ago
Lmao when all the people go WHOOOAAAAHHHH as it turns into the ring of fire xD
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deena11191971 3 weeks ago
not a ring of fire
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deena11191971 3 weeks ago
its called a annual eclipse dummy
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socheata peace 6 months ago
Whats that stuff you're looking through?
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@Ayman AE In your mind
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