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"Ring of Fire" Viewed in Sky’s across Asia

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Millions of people across Asia were watching the sky on Monday, as a rare "ring of fire" eclipse crossed their skies. The annular solar eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun, leaving only a golden ring around its edges, was visible across wide areas of the continent on Monday morning. It will move across the Pacific and also be seen in parts of the western United States.

Millions of people across Asia were watching the sky on Monday, as a rare "ring of fire" eclipse crossed their skies.
The annular solar eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun, leaving only a golden ring around its edges, was visible across wide areas of the continent on Monday morning. It will move across the Pacific and also be seen in parts of the western United States.
In Tokyo, about 200 people gathered on the rooftop of a skyscraper in central Tokyo to watch the eclipse.
At its peak a golden ring of light was seen around the moon's silhouette for a few minutes.
10-year-old Maika Morioka was relieved to see the eclipse despite the threat of clouds obscuring the spectacle.
The last annular solar eclipse visible from Japan was seen in the southern Okinawa islands 25 years ago.
The next visible annular eclipse will be in Hokkaido, northern Japan in 2030.
In Seoul, people also turned out to watch the eclipse. But in Hong Kong, hundreds of people who had crowded a stretch of Victoria Harbour before daybreak on Monday were left disappointed.
The day started overcast and at the main moment of eclipse there was no sign of the sun or moon in the cloudy, grey sky.
Later a brief break in the clouds brought cheers from the crowd but the eclipse still wasn't visible.
The last time such an eclipse was visible in Hong Kong was in 1958 and there will be a three hundred year wait for the next opportunity, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.

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