Annular solar eclipse
5m21s of ring · best from Algeria, Tunisia
Path of the annular eclipse: Algeria, Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Russia, northern China, Japan.
Outside the path, a partial eclipse: Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Arctic, Alaska.
Eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC. Outlines: Natural Earth, US Census Bureau
A ring of fire tracking across the Mediterranean and on through Russia to Japan. A partial eclipse is visible more widely across Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Arctic, Alaska. Never look at the Sun without certified eclipse glasses or a proper solar filter — not during a partial phase, and not through a camera, binoculars, or a telescope. An annular eclipse is never safe to look at: even at its peak a bright ring of Sun stays uncovered, so keep the glasses on the whole time.
For the background, read Eclipses in Moon, planets & eclipses.
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