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First solar eclipse in 2011 - PHOTOS

05 January 2011 [11:55] - TODAY.AZ
The first partial solar eclipse of the four that will occur in 2011 started on Earth at 10:40 a.m. Baku time on January 4.

Solar eclipse began early morning in north Africa. A spot of the lunar penumbra left the Earth at 11:00 GMT (16:00 Baku time), reaching Tibet, north-eastern border of Kazakhstan, western Siberia and western Mongolia. The photos below show how people around the world watched the eclipse.


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Photos: Reuters, AP, AFP, Getty Images
URL: http://www.today.az/news/photo/79004.html

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