The black diamond ring, aka total solar eclipse captivated parts of Asia early Wednesday morning.
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NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center invited everyone to submit photos of the eclipse on Flickr, and highlighted some additional spectacular views.
It happens when the moon passes directly between the sun and the Earth.
Indonesia last saw a total eclipse in 1983 and it will be 33 years until the next one, according to the meteorological agency. But would be partially visible to those in northern Australia, Singapore and Hawaii.
The full shadow of the moon during the total solar eclipse on Tuesday, is seen from an airplane over the North Pacific Ocean. Photo: Slamet Riyadi/APA partial solar eclipse is seen from Naypyitaw, Myanmar.
But the total eclipse was only briefly visible if at all due to cloud.
Thousands of eclipse-chasers flocked to Indonesia from overseas and the government, which has been the promoting the event for more than a year, forecast a substantial tourism boost.
People gazed at the sky in wonder and cheered while others knelt in prayer as a total eclipse of the sun unfolded over Indonesia.
In the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, 1,000 school students witnessed the eclipse at the national planetarium and in the Philippine capital Manila, dozens of people carrying telescopes jostled for space on the roof deck of the country’s only space observatory. Photo: A.M. Ahad/APA girl watches the total solar eclipse in Palembang city in Palembang, South Sumatra province, Indonesia.
“The cool thing for those who are going to be in the path of totality is that they are going to be able to see the outer atmosphere of the sun called the corona”, C. Alex Young, a solar astrophysicist from NASA, told The New York Times.
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Six people who traveled from Canada and the U.S. to view the eclipse were stymied by the weather, including optometrist Ralph Chou who was hoping to view his 19th total solar event.
