In pictures: Scarce solar eclipse darkens Asia on the summer season solstice

Skywatchers in sections of West Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, South Asia, southern China and Taiwan have been treated to a spectacular solar eclipse.

Photographers have taken images of the annular eclipse – also acknowledged as a ring of fireplace – in which the moon passes between the Earth and the Sunlight, leaving just a slim ring of mild visible.

This eclipse coincided with the summer solstice – the northern hemisphere’s longest working day of the year.

Annular eclipses come about each and every yr or two and are only seen throughout a slender band of our world, known as the centreline. This eclipse lasted for just under 90 seconds at its level of maximum length.

Persons hundreds of kilometres from the centreline did not see the actual eclipse, but they did see light-weight drain from the day.

In accordance to astronomers, watching the eclipse is the equivalent of switching from a 500W bulb to a 30W bulb.

Right here are some of the best pics.

Guangzhou, China

Manila, Philippines

Chiayi, Taiwan

Mumbai, India

Karachi, Pakistan