VIEW PHOTOS | Partial solar eclipse takes a bite out of the sun
A solar eclipse happens when the moon’s path crosses in between the Earth and the sun, blocking out the sun’s light.
A solar eclipse happens when the moon’s path crosses in between the Earth and the sun, blocking out the sun’s light. A camel herder is silhouetted against a partial solar eclipse in Pushkar, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. (Photo | PTI)
A man pictured against the solar eclipse, on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, Odisha. (Photo | Debadatta Mallick, EPS)
Experts from the Kozhikode Regional Science Centre and Planetarium set up equipment for public viewing of the partial solar eclipse at Kozhikode beach in Kerala. (Photo | E Gokul, EPS)
A bird is silhouetted as the sun forms a crescent during a partial solar eclipse in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo | AP)
A partial solar eclipse is seen over New Delhi. (Photo | AP)
The Moon shadows the Sun during a partial solar eclipse in Mysuru, Karnataka. (Photo | S Udayshankar, EPS)
The sun is partially obscured by the moon during a solar eclipse in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo | AP)
A family watches a partial solar eclipse using special glasses at the Al Thuraya Astronomy Center, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo | AP)
A girl watches the partial solar eclipse using special goggles in Bengaluru. (Photo | Vinod Kumar T, EPS)
The partial solar eclipse is seen over the cityscape of Hyderabad. (Photo | Jwala, EPS)
Youth watching the partial solar eclipse at Besant Nagar in Chennai. (Photo | R Satish Babu, EPS)
Birds fly as the moon partially conceals the sun during the solar eclipse that was visible in Kochi. (Photo | A Sanesh, EPS)
A looming visual of the partial solar eclipse seen from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. (Photo | K K Sundar, EPS)
Partial solar eclipse observed in Hyderabad against the Buddha statue erected on Gibraltar rock in the middle of Hussain Sagar. (Photo | Vinay Madapu, EPS)
People observe the partial solar eclipse through special filters and binoculars at Nehru planetarium in New Delhi. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)
