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Annular Solar Eclipse
2013 May 10

This eclipse provided a spectacular view of a ringed sun rising above the horizon from Western Australia.

Map of the path of the lunar shadow for the annular eclipse of 2013.
Global view of the track of the 2013 annular eclipse. Track data: Xavier Jubier.
The start of the track over Western Australia.
The path of the shadow across Queensland and the Northern Territory.

Animation of the passage of the lunar shadow created in WinEclipse, a program developed by the late Heinz Scsibrany.

MTSAT image of the eclipse shadow over the Pacific, northeast of Australia. Image: JMA.

 

Visible-light image of the approaching eclipse shadow from GOES 15 on May 10, 0000 UTC. Image: NASA.

Animation of the eclipse shadow as seen from the Japanese weather satellite MTSAT on May 9-10. The unfamiliar rectification used in this animation takes a bit of getting used to. Images: JSA/Kochi University.

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