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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

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

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Copy of 2020-06-21T094736Z_1149778656_RC2LDH9D25XE_RTRMADP_3_SOLAR-ECLIPSE-CHINA-1592742024439 — 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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Copy of 2020-06-21T094534Z_802374273_RC2LDH9X0ER8_RTRMADP_3_SOLAR-ECLIPSE-TAIWAN-1592742021106 — People take photos of the solar eclipse at Budai township, Chiayi county, Taiwan. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 2020-06-21T095812Z_2111469778_RC2LDH9IXAV9_RTRMADP_3_SOLAR-ECLIPSE-CHINA-1592741980336 — 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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Copy of 174161-01-02-1592741999657 — A woman uses solar viewing glasses to watch the annular solar eclipse in Manila. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of South_Korea_Solar_Eclipse_17548.jpg-24751 [1]-1592742003061 — A reflected image from a partial solar eclipse is displayed in Goyang, South Korea. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2020-06-21T101912Z_1761230328_RC2MDH9CE3V9_RTRMADP_3_SOLAR-ECLIPSE-THAILAND-1592741996706 — 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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Copy of China_Solar_Eclipse_21884.jpg-6a9ca-1592742033898 — 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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Copy of China_Solar_Eclipse_88521.jpg-4abc6-1592742030733 — 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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Copy of China_Solar_Eclipse_06330.jpg-017fa-1592742027429 — 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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Copy of APTOPIX_Nepal_Solar_Eclipse_28466.jpg-93249-1592741993382 — Nepalese children watch solar eclipse through a dark glass in Kathmandu, Nepal. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Lebanon_Solar_Eclipse_17253.jpg-eb722-1592742016065 — Bicycle riders watch a partial solar eclipse in Beirut, Lebanon. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 20200621160L-1592741988794 — People view the annular solar eclipse through an x-ray film in Ranchi. Image Credit: ANI

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Copy of 2020-06-21T092736Z_1688703473_RC2LDH9T9PYX_RTRMADP_3_SOLAR-ECLIPSE-TAIWAN-1592742012628 — Photographers take pictures of the the solar eclipse at Budai township, Chiayi county, Taiwan. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 174102-01-02-1592741986327 — A man watches an annular solar eclipse through an x-ray film in Lahore. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 173978-01-02-1592742009197 — 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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Copy of 20200621113L-1592741984149 — People observing the annular solar eclipse at Indira Gandhi Planetarium in Lucknow. Image Credit: ANI

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Copy of 173933-01-02 [1]-1592742006081 — The partial solar eclipse is projected on a Kenyan man's hand through binoculars in Nairobi, Kenya. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 174028-01-02-1592742018709 — 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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