“Ring of fire” eclipse to dazzle Asia

A rare annular solar eclipse will dazzle sky watchers with a “ring of fire” visible from Saudi Arabia to the Pacific island of Guam

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Greatest eclipse: 05:17:36GMT, Dec 26 
Duration: 3 minutes, 39.5 seconds
Path width: 117.9km


Never look directly at eclipse with naked eye, binoculars, cameras or telescopes without specialized solar filters


TOTAL ECLIPSE
Moon’s umbral shadow obscures Sun completely

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MOON
Penumbra Umbra

ANNULAR ECLIPSE
Moon is further away from Earth, so outer edge of sun (annulus) is visible, creating “ring of fire”

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Umbra

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Source: NASA
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