Friday, May 10, 2013

"Ring of Fire" in the sky saw people in Australia and New Zealand - New News





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«Ring of Fire” has risen over the southern part of the Pacific Ocean. So experts have called this year’s first solar eclipse, which is clearly visible from Australia, New Zealand and several Pacific islands.

Morning local time, Moon has closed 95 percent of the sun, after which there was only a bright orange circle from the sun – so called “ring of fire”. In order to see the eclipse, people came to the coast and the mountains advance to a best points to observe the eclipse. However, in major cities in Australia – Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide – the sight was not as impressive as These mega-cities are far south of the equator, reports “Russia-24».

best point to observe this natural phenomenon has been on the islands of Kiribati that seven thousand kilometers to the north-east of Australia and two thousand kilometers south of the Hawaiian Islands. The next time a similar phenomenon can be seen only in 22 years. “Circular” eclipse, when the moon completely covers the sun, according to scientists, occur five times less likely to complete.

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