Universe Today
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An annular solar eclipse earlier today was visible in South-East Asia, southern Africa and Australia. Thanks to M.R. Taufik from Bontang, Indonesia for sharing this image of a complete ring or annulus of light from the sun peeking out from around the moon. Because the moon's orbit is elliptical, its distance from Earth--and its apparent size—varies. Annular eclipses happen when the moon looks too small to completely cover the sun. Such an event that occurs about 66 times a century.
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There were a few photo collections on Flickr of the eclipse; see
here
,
and here.
And here's more from M.R. Taufik.
Here's a great gallery of eclipse photos.
National Geographic has a few images, too.
The next solar eclipse will occur July 22 this year.