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Annular solar eclipse 2024
October 9 , 2024
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- An annular solar eclipse was occurred recently, following the partial lunar eclipse on September 17.
- Only Easter Island and a small area near the southern tip of Chile and Argentina witnessed an annular eclipse.
- An annular eclipse happens when the moon is too far away from the Earth to completely blot out the sun.
- Thus, it creating a dark silhouette surrounded by a bright ring of light called an antumbra, or a "ring of fire".
- The next such eclipse, will be visible on March 29, across Europe, Asia, Africa and North and South America.
- The second solar eclipse will be seen on September 21 in Australia and Antarctica.
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