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‘Ring of fire’ annular solar eclipse: 10 stunning photos captured by skygazers

Skygazers in parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia were able to view a rare "ring of fire" annular solar eclipse this weekend.

Social media users are sharing their photos with the hashtag #eclipse. Here are some of our favorites:

1. Meerut, India

Photo by @the.pixel.eye, Instagram

2. Delhi, India

Photo by @nimitnigam, Instagram

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My Kind Of #DreamComeTrue I clicked My first #LunarEclipse in 2011 from my terrace and next year I clicked 30 days Moon Shadow photograph. From that day, I dreamt to capture #SolarEclipse photograph, but never really got a chance (except 1st time in 2014 when I tried from my Zenith TTL film roll camera with 35mm lens😅). So, it was like a dream come true today when I got a chance to see the Annular Solar Eclipse (93.8%) from my terrace. I was so excited that I set my camera around 10 (coz it was fully cloudy before) and just clicked non stop till 1:05 in the heat outside (coz after that again it got cloudy). Also, I had planned to fly my drone to capture Solar Eclipse (suggested by @ashishshoots bhaiya) but coz I only have 1 camera and I didn't want to miss any interval shot, so dropped that idea (will try that some night with moon😅, maybe tonight or tomorrow). But, believe me all this was worth it and the result was just wow. I used ND20 stops to get sharp sun and used 2 ND10 stops to show my family the solar eclipse with naked eyes. Thanks to @gpprocamerastore and @sonyalphain for the lens, it would not have looked this good without 200mm😊 I clicked almost 600 shots (23.4GB) and from those selected few to make this 1 slide😊 #MyDelhiMyView #SolarEclipse2020 #SolarEclipseIndia #SolarEclipseDelhi #SonyA7r3 Sony 70-200mm f2.8 #SonyAlphaIn #SonyAlpha #BeAlpha #ManfrottoImagineMore Befree Advanced 2in1 Tripod #NiSiFilters 20Stop #NoMoreHashtagPost #AlgorithmKiMaaKiAankh #ShoutoutMeNimit #NimitNigam

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3. India

Photo by @amityogi.photography, Instagram

4. Taiwan

Photo by @wicked.ricky, Instagram

5. New Delhi, India

Photo by @thepraveenkhanna, Instagram

6. Taiwan

Photo by @takumimono, Instagram

7. Guam

Photo by @joeyzervoulakos, Instagram

8. Hyderabad, India

Photo by @robindotphoto, Instagram

9. Hinoki Village, Taiwan

Photo by @nieh_photography, Instagram

10. Indore, India

Photo by @dslrwala_d0st, Instagram