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‘Ring of fire’ annular solar eclipse: 10 stunning photos captured by skygazers

By Michelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
By Michelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

Skygazers in parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia were able to view a rare "ring of fire" annular solar eclipse this weekend.

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'Ring of fire' eclipse The annular solar eclipse is seen on June 21, 2020, in Xiamen, Fujian Province of China. (Huang Shan/VCG via Getty Images)

Social media users are sharing their photos with the hashtag #eclipse. Here are some of our favorites:

1. Meerut, India

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The Ring Of Fire ! 🔥 #solareclipse2020 ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ #capturedoncanon @canonindia_official . . ps- Merge 3 Images in photoshop to get this result. ☺ . . . . . . . . . . ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ #solareclipse #solarsystem #solarenergy #eclipse #nature #nasa #isro #astronomy #astrophotography #world_photography_hub #shutterhubindia #coloursofindia #_m_o_i #_coi #_soi #storiesofindia #photographers_of_india #indiapictures #indianphotos #indianphotography #_ipc #oph #indianphotographyclub #photographersteam #photoshop #f4fofficial #_woi #yourshot_india @photographers_of_india @stories.of.india @colours.of.india @memories.of.india @indian.photography @indiapictures

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2. Delhi, India

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My Kind Of #DreamComeTrue I clicked My first #LunarEclipse in 2011 from my terrace and next year I clicked 30 days Moon Shadow photograph. From that day, I dreamt to capture #SolarEclipse photograph, but never really got a chance (except 1st time in 2014 when I tried from my Zenith TTL film roll camera with 35mm lens😅). So, it was like a dream come true today when I got a chance to see the Annular Solar Eclipse (93.8%) from my terrace. I was so excited that I set my camera around 10 (coz it was fully cloudy before) and just clicked non stop till 1:05 in the heat outside (coz after that again it got cloudy). Also, I had planned to fly my drone to capture Solar Eclipse (suggested by @ashishshoots bhaiya) but coz I only have 1 camera and I didn't want to miss any interval shot, so dropped that idea (will try that some night with moon😅, maybe tonight or tomorrow). But, believe me all this was worth it and the result was just wow. I used ND20 stops to get sharp sun and used 2 ND10 stops to show my family the solar eclipse with naked eyes. Thanks to @gpprocamerastore and @sonyalphain for the lens, it would not have looked this good without 200mm😊 I clicked almost 600 shots (23.4GB) and from those selected few to make this 1 slide😊 #MyDelhiMyView #SolarEclipse2020 #SolarEclipseIndia #SolarEclipseDelhi #SonyA7r3 Sony 70-200mm f2.8 #SonyAlphaIn #SonyAlpha #BeAlpha #ManfrottoImagineMore Befree Advanced 2in1 Tripod #NiSiFilters 20Stop #NoMoreHashtagPost #AlgorithmKiMaaKiAankh #ShoutoutMeNimit #NimitNigam

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3. India

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My kind of #solareclipse Annular Solar Eclipse captured today. . Luckily (for me) my village came in the very center of annular solar eclipse trejectory. From where we can see "Ring of Fire". Which was a 21 kilometres thik slit passing from India. . This slit entered in India near Anoopgarh (Rajasthan), passing through Sirsa, Dehradun and then entered into China. #amityogiphotography #shootwithyogi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #solareclipse2020 #indianphotography #indiashutterbugs #photographers_of_india #photographersofinstagram #shutterhubindia #trailsofindia #nustaharamkhor #mypixeldiary #india_pixelz #indianphotographyhub #awsmsnap #_woi #yourshot_india #capture_of_india #ft_india #shutterofindia #budpoi #hub_of_photography #ig_colors #dslrofficial #indiaclicks #official_photography_hub

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4. Taiwan

Photo by @wicked.ricky, Instagram

5. New Delhi, India

Photo by @thepraveenkhanna, Instagram

6. Taiwan

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Solar Eclipse 2020 Ring of Fire Annular Eclipse 2020年日環食奇景 2020夏季日環食，從非洲東部開始，至西太平洋為止，整個亞洲幾乎都在可見食的範圍。臺灣則位於環食帶上，全臺可見遮蔽日面都在90%以上，以臺北為例，可看到遮蔽日面達91.7％的日偏食，而嘉義、臺東等地區位在寬47公里左右的環食帶上，遮蔽日面可達97％以上！下一次臺灣能見到如此大範圍的日環食可要等到195年之後的2215年了！ 所以如此難得的日環蝕，也一定要衝一下！大概全台灣有放假的攝影人都聚集在嘉義了吧？ 但當天早上的雲圖、天氣非常的不好，一下大雨，一下又放晴；好在日環蝕的時刻，天氣還算不錯，雖然有少數雲層來搗亂，雖然沒有高檔的相機、鏡頭器材，但最終還是拍到算完美的日環蝕，心中有點莫名的感動。 https://flic.kr/p/2je2k4f 生活 · 街拍 ・紀錄 · 風景 ‧ 人像 重新思考影像的意義 意義的失落與追尋 #swag #likeforlike #instagood #me #tbt #follow #photooftheday #followme #like #tagsforlikes #beautiful #fun #amazing #style #photo #scenry #vsco #vscocam #vscogrid #vscogram #style #streetstyle #nikonphotography #nikonasia #NikonTaiwan #ig_color #Eclipse

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7. Guam

Photo by @joeyzervoulakos, Instagram

8. Hyderabad, India

Photo by @robindotphoto, Instagram

9. Hinoki Village, Taiwan

Photo by @nieh_photography, Instagram

10. Indore, India

Photo by @dslrwala_d0st, Instagram

Eclipse The moon moves in front of the sun during an annular solar eclipse as seen through clouds from New Delhi on June 21, 2020. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images)

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