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

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

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Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor
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1/18
A man wearing a face mask looks at the partial solar eclipse on a smartphone's screen in Beijing.
Reuters
2/18
People take photos of the solar eclipse at Budai township, Chiayi county, Taiwan.
Reuters
3/18
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.
Reuters
4/18
A woman uses solar viewing glasses to watch the annular solar eclipse in Manila.
AFP
5/18
A reflected image from a partial solar eclipse is displayed in Goyang, South Korea.
AP
6/18
A woman observes a partial solar eclipse on the Mahanakhon Skywalk Glass Tray at the King Power Mahanakhon building in Bangkok, Thailand.
Reuters
7/18
A man uses a sheet of X-ray film to look at a partial solar eclipse near the Forbidden City in Beijing.
AP
8/18
People wearing face masks to protect against the new coronavirus look at a partial solar eclipse near the Forbidden City in Beijing.
AP
9/18
A man uses a homemade viewer to look at a partial solar eclipse near the historic Bell Tower in Beijing.
AP
10/18
Nepalese children watch solar eclipse through a dark glass in Kathmandu, Nepal.
AP
11/18
Bicycle riders watch a partial solar eclipse in Beirut, Lebanon.
AP
12/18
People view the annular solar eclipse through an x-ray film in Ranchi.
ANI
13/18
Photographers take pictures of the the solar eclipse at Budai township, Chiayi county, Taiwan.
Reuters
14/18
A man watches an annular solar eclipse through an x-ray film in Lahore.
AFP
15/18
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.
AFP
16/18
People observing the annular solar eclipse at Indira Gandhi Planetarium in Lucknow.
ANI
17/18
The partial solar eclipse is projected on a Kenyan man's hand through binoculars in Nairobi, Kenya.
AFP
18/18
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.
AFP

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