Here's how skywatchers viewed the 'Ring of fire' solar eclipse

Check out the different methods onlookers used to watch the astronomical event

Published: June 21, 2020 16:26 Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor

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A man wearing a face mask looks at the partial solar eclipse on a smartphone's screen in Beijing. Image Credit: Reuters

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People take photos of the solar eclipse at Budai township, Chiayi county, Taiwan. Image Credit: Reuters

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A woman wearing a face mask holds protective glasses in front of her phone as she captures the partial solar eclipse at the Temple of Heaven park in Beijing. Image Credit: Reuters

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A woman uses solar viewing glasses to watch the annular solar eclipse in Manila. Image Credit: AFP

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A reflected image from a partial solar eclipse is displayed in Goyang, South Korea. Image Credit: AP

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A woman observes a partial solar eclipse on the Mahanakhon Skywalk Glass Tray at the King Power Mahanakhon building in Bangkok, Thailand. Image Credit: Reuters

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A man uses a sheet of X-ray film to look at a partial solar eclipse near the Forbidden City in Beijing. Image Credit: AP

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People wearing face masks to protect against the new coronavirus look at a partial solar eclipse near the Forbidden City in Beijing. Image Credit: AP

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A man uses a homemade viewer to look at a partial solar eclipse near the historic Bell Tower in Beijing. Image Credit: AP

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Nepalese children watch solar eclipse through a dark glass in Kathmandu, Nepal. Image Credit: AP

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Bicycle riders watch a partial solar eclipse in Beirut, Lebanon. Image Credit: AP

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People view the annular solar eclipse through an x-ray film in Ranchi. Image Credit: ANI

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Photographers take pictures of the the solar eclipse at Budai township, Chiayi county, Taiwan. Image Credit: Reuters

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A man watches an annular solar eclipse through an x-ray film in Lahore. Image Credit: AFP

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A man (L) uses a solar telescope that projects an image of the sun onto paper before the annular solar eclipse begins on a promendae in Hong Kong. Image Credit: AFP

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People observing the annular solar eclipse at Indira Gandhi Planetarium in Lucknow. Image Credit: ANI

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The partial solar eclipse is projected on a Kenyan man's hand through binoculars in Nairobi, Kenya. Image Credit: AFP

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Staff members of The Gujarat Council on Science & Technology (GUJCOST) observe an annular solar eclipse through a pinhole box at a GUJCOST facility in Gandhinagar. Image Credit: AFP

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