Annular solar eclipse, time-lapse composite image. Solar eclipses occur when the Moon passes across the Sun as seen from Earth. This only occurs at Ne

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Annular solar eclipse, time-lapse composite image. Solar eclipses occur when the Moon passes across the Sun as seen from Earth. This only occurs at New Moon, and is most commonly a partial eclipse. When the Moon is at a distant point in its orbit, an annular solar eclipse occurs and the corona (revealed in a total eclipse) remains hidden due to the brightness of the solar ring. This is the annular solar eclipse of 20 May 2012, photographed from California, USA,

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Photo credit: © TONY & DAPHNE HALLAS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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