The annular phase was visible from the Chinese coast, northern Taiwan, the south of Japan, and the western part of the United States. Guangzhou, Taipei, Tokyo and Albuquerque were on the central path. Its maximum occurred in part of the North Pacific, south of the Aleutian islands for 5 min and 46.3 s, and finished in the western United States. (more from wikipedia).
Solar Eclipse 2012: Annular Eclipse Makes 'Ring of Fire'
The cause: a rare annular solar eclipse -- a ring of sunlight as the new moon, passing between Earth and the sun, blocks most, but not all, of the sun's disc. The ring was visible in a strip that began on the California-Oregon coast and stretched ...
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