Sunny side down

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Updated On Mar 09, 2016 09:15 am IST

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Did you miss witnessing 2016’s first total solar eclipse on Wednesday morning? Don’t worry. We have some beautiful clicks of the phenomenon for you, like this one clicked from Bangkok. (REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 09, 2016 09:15 am IST

Did you miss witnessing 2016’s first total solar eclipse on Wednesday morning? Don’t worry. We have some beautiful clicks of the phenomenon for you, like this one clicked from Bangkok. (REUTERS)

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This picture shows the moon passing in front of the sun during the partial solar eclipse in Naypyidaw on Wednesday morning. A total solar eclipse swept across the vast Indonesian archipelago on March 9, witnessed by tens of thousands of sky gazers and marked by parties, Muslim prayers and tribal rituals. Partial eclipses were also visible over other parts of Asia and Australia. / AFP / YE AUNG THU (AFP)

Updated on Mar 09, 2016 09:15 am IST

This picture shows the moon passing in front of the sun during the partial solar eclipse in Naypyidaw on Wednesday morning. A total solar eclipse swept across the vast Indonesian archipelago on March 9, witnessed by tens of thousands of sky gazers and marked by parties, Muslim prayers and tribal rituals. Partial eclipses were also visible over other parts of Asia and Australia. / AFP / YE AUNG THU (AFP)

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School children watch a partial solar eclipse at the Planetarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Wednesday. (Reuters)

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School children watch a partial solar eclipse at the Planetarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Wednesday. (Reuters)

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A student holds filter paper to watch the partial solar eclipse at the Kuala Lumpur Planetarium in Malaysia. Tens of thousands of sky gazers witnessed the eclipse, which was marked by parties, Muslim prayers and tribal rituals. (REUTERS)

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A student holds filter paper to watch the partial solar eclipse at the Kuala Lumpur Planetarium in Malaysia. Tens of thousands of sky gazers witnessed the eclipse, which was marked by parties, Muslim prayers and tribal rituals. (REUTERS)

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A partial solar eclipse is seen behind passenger capsules of the Singapore Flyer on Wednesday morning. The last eclipse Singapore witnessed was in January 2009 and the next solar eclipse, an annular one, will occur on December 26, 2019. (AP)

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A partial solar eclipse is seen behind passenger capsules of the Singapore Flyer on Wednesday morning. The last eclipse Singapore witnessed was in January 2009 and the next solar eclipse, an annular one, will occur on December 26, 2019. (AP)

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An aeroplane flies past the sun as it goes into a partial solar eclipse in Singapore on Wednesday. (Reuters)

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An aeroplane flies past the sun as it goes into a partial solar eclipse in Singapore on Wednesday. (Reuters)

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A pigeon is silhouetted as the sun goes into a partial solar eclipse in Kathmandu. (Reuters)

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A pigeon is silhouetted as the sun goes into a partial solar eclipse in Kathmandu. (Reuters)

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People look up at the sun wearing protective glasses to watch the eclipse in Jakarta, Indonesia. The rare astronomical event is being witnessed along a narrow path that stretches across 12 provinces encompassing three times zones and about 40 million people. (AP)

Updated on Mar 09, 2016 09:15 am IST

People look up at the sun wearing protective glasses to watch the eclipse in Jakarta, Indonesia. The rare astronomical event is being witnessed along a narrow path that stretches across 12 provinces encompassing three times zones and about 40 million people. (AP)

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