Rare hybrid eclipse appears in South America |
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 The moon passes between the earth
and the sun to cause an annular eclipse as seen from in Venezuela's Andean
village of Macigual in western state of Merida, 730 km from Caracas, April
8, 2005. This eclipse seen as complete only from a narrow corridor in
Panama, Colombia and Venezuela, is a rare occurrence known as a hybrid
eclipse, due to the fact that parts of the path are annular, leaving a
ring of the sun visible around the moon, and other parts total.
(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) |
 The moon passes between the earth
and the sun to cause an annular solar eclipse as seen in Cali, Colombia,
April 8, 2005. [Reuters Photo] | |
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