Partial solar eclipse. Bird perched in front of the Sun during a partial solar eclipse, as seen from Duisburg, Germany, on the morning of 4th January

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Partial solar eclipse. Bird perched in front of the Sun during a partial solar eclipse, as seen from Duisburg, Germany, on the morning of 4th January 2011. A partial solar eclipse occurs when the Moon only partially covers the disc of the Sun in the sky. The maximum coverage seen at this location was 70 percent at AM ( GMT). The next visible solar eclipse for this location will be in 2015.

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