Protecting the flock
A young Lebanese shepherd carries a goat as he watches a partial solar eclipse in the village of Bqosta, near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on March 29. Both the shepherd and the goat are wearing protective eyewear.
A young Lebanese shepherd carries a goat as he watches a partial solar eclipse in the village of Bqosta, near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on March 29. Both the shepherd and the goat are wearing protective eyewear.
Reflecting on the petals
Boxed in
Wendy Shifrin of South Lee, Mass., uses a box fitted with welders' glass to view a partial solar eclipse from New York's Central Park on Dec. 25, 2000. People in the Northeast saw the moon blot out as much as 60 percent of the sun around midday. The next partial Christmas eclipse, according to astronomers, will be in 2307.
Wendy Shifrin of South Lee, Mass., uses a box fitted with welders' glass to view a partial solar eclipse from New York's Central Park on Dec. 25, 2000. People in the Northeast saw the moon blot out as much as 60 percent of the sun around midday. The next partial Christmas eclipse, according to astronomers, will be in 2307.
Red sky at morning
The new moon covers up part of the sun during an eclipse seen from a fishing spot on the Rio de la Plata in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 21, 2001
The new moon covers up part of the sun during an eclipse seen from a fishing spot on the Rio de la Plata in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 21, 2001
Skywatching shepherd
Portuguese villager Jose Preto, 78, watches the progress of the October 2005 annular solar eclipse through radiation-blocking glasses while tending a flock of sheep at Rio de Onor.
Portuguese villager Jose Preto, 78, watches the progress of the October 2005 annular solar eclipse through radiation-blocking glasses while tending a flock of sheep at Rio de Onor.
Do-it-yourself astronomy
A man looks at the annular eclipse of October 2005 through a homemade cardboard tube with a filter taped over it, outside a planetarium in Pamplona, Spain.
A man looks at the annular eclipse of October 2005 through a homemade cardboard tube with a filter taped over it, outside a planetarium in Pamplona, Spain.
South Korean children watch the eclipse through special sunglasses in Seoul
A Chinese couple try out welding screens they bought at a hardware store to view the July 22 solar eclipse in Beijing. Experts say No. 14 welder's glass provides adequate eye protection for seeing a partial eclipse, but they generally recommend specially made solar filters instead.
A skywatcher looks at the sun from his campsite at Tatsugo on Japan's southern island of Amami Oshima on July 21.
Indian students use a specially equipped telescope on July 21, to track the sun at a science museum in Patna, capital of India's Bihar state.
Spectators observe the solar eclipse in Hangzhou, China, on July 22. Hangzhou was one of the cities lying in the track of totality. However, cloudy and rainy weather made seeing the eclipsed sun difficult in Hangzhou, Shanghai and other urban locations.
Children use special viewing glasses to watch the partial phase of the July 22 solar eclipse from an observation deck in Tokyo. Experts say observers should not gaze directly at the sun without eye protection, even during a partial eclipse. However, it is safe to look at an eclipse while the sun is totally blocked out.
Hindu holy men watch the solar eclipse of July 22, 2009, through specially designed viewing glasses in Allahabad, India. The track of the total eclipse ran through a wide swath of Asia, from India to China, across southern Japanese islands and out into the Pacific. It was the longest-lasting total eclipse of the 21st century.
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