News tagged with partial eclipse

Partial eclipse of the Strawberry Moon

On June 4th, 2012, there's going to be a full Moon.  According to Native American folklore it’s the Strawberry Moon, so-called because the short season for harvesting strawberries comes during the ...

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created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China, Japan, US to witness 'ring' solar eclipse

At sunrise in some parts of China and Japan and by sunset in the western United States, a partial solar eclipse is set to slink across a narrow swath of the Earth on May 20 and 21.

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created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 7

Not many will view Friday's partial solar eclipse

(AP) -- The moon will appear to take a nibble out of the sun on Friday, a spectacle that will be visible from only a small sliver of the world.

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created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Partial solar eclipse visible over Mideast, Europe

(AP) -- Wintry skies darkened over Switzerland on Tuesday morning, but Romanians were treated to a pinkish ethereal light and Swedes to a beautiful sunrise, as a partial solar eclipse that began over the ...

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created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Partial lunar eclipse visible in western skies

(AP) -- Skygazers got a treat Saturday when a portion of the moon crossed into the Earth's shadow during a partial lunar eclipse visible in the western United States and Canada, the Pacific and eastern Asia.

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created Jun 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Africa-Asia eclipse set to kick off astronomers' year

For half the world, the Sun will be briefly reduced to a blazing ring surrounding a sombre disk on Friday, when an annular eclipse races from central Africa to eastern Asia, astronomers say.

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created Jan 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Images of Solar Eclipse as seen by Hinode Satellite

The Hinode satellite observing our sun captured images of the moon traversing the face of the sun during a solar eclipse this week.

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created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Scientists capitalize on extended solar eclipse

Scientists at this observatory outside Hangzhou joined residents and tourists across China and India in observing the longest total solar eclipse in a century and probably the most-viewed ever.

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created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0