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Spectacular Photos Of Yesterday’s Annular Eclipse From Around The World

05/21/2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

By ROB WAUGH, Mail Online – “The moon slowly ‘bit into’ the sun, creating incredible visual effects such as a golden heart gleaming through branches in Los Angeles as the world watched an annular eclipse – a partial eclipse where the moon appears smaller than the sun.

The annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges, created incredible visual effects around the world – and photographers let their technical imaginations run wild with ‘trick’ shots such as this heart-shaped sun.

The ‘classic’ view of an annular eclipse is as a burning ring. In the U.S., viewing parties were held at observatories in Reno, Nevada, and Oakland, California, and elsewhere. In some areas, special camera filters for taking photographs have been sold out for weeks in anticipation of the big event.” Click here to view all photos.

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  1. Kurt J.'s avatar
    Kurt J.
    05/21/2012 at 7:26 PM
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    It was awesome – we enjoyed watching with our neighbors and sharing the experience. One of the more bizarre aspects of it was the shadows created – at its height, it was throwing off circular shafts of light when sunlight would filter thru the trees. Human shadows were blurred and distorted. Really cool.

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  2. ICA's avatar
    ICA
    05/21/2012 at 9:57 PM
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    It wasn’t visible where I am, but I did watch it being streamed live online.

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