The Longest Solar Eclipse of the Century
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>People watch the solar eclipse on the peak of Malu Mountain in Liuzhou, China
>on July 22, 2009. A total solar eclipse covered a narrow path across Asia,
>where it darkened skies for millions of people for more than six minutes in
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>An aircraft flies past the sun during a solar eclipse above New Delhi, India
>on July 22, 2009.
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>A partial solar eclipse is seen near the minaret of a mosque in Rawalpindi,
>Pakistan on Wednesday, July 22, 2009.
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>A partial solar eclipse is seen beyond a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the
>southern Indian city of Chennai, India on July 22, 2009
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>A partial solar eclipse is seen behind the Taj Mahal in the northern Indian
>city of Agra on July 22, 2009
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>A dinosaur sculpture situated outside a themed restaurant is silhouetted
>against a partial solar eclipse in Taipei, Taiwan
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>A bird flies past a partial solar eclipse, seen behind one of the domes of the
>Golden Temple - the Sikhs holiest shrine - in Amritsar, India
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>Residents listen to an expert from a science and technology museum give a talk
>during a partial eclipse in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China
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>A partial solar eclipse is seen through clouds in Hyderabad, Pakistan on
>Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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>The moon passes between the sun and the earth, nearing a total solar eclipse,
>as seen in Changsha, Hunan province, China on July 22, 2009.
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>The sun´s edge, or limb, peeks out from behind the moon during a total solar
>eclipse above Varanasi, India on Wednesday, July 22, 2009.
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>A red crescent of sun is visible during a total solar eclipse seen above
>Varanasi, India on Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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>In this handout image provided by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan,
>the sun´s corona is clearly visible during the
> solar eclipse on July 22, 2009, seen near Iwojima Island, Tokyo, Japan.
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>Much of the sun´s corona becomes visible as the moon passes between the sun
>and the earth during a total solar eclipse, seen above Varanasi, India
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