Partially eclipsed sunset. This type of eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth. This can only occur between two and five ti

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Partially eclipsed sunset. This type of eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth. This can only occur between two and five times a year due to the moon's elliptic (tilted) orbit. Photographed in Lake Turkana, Turkana National Park, Kenya.

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