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Jem's Birding & Ringing Exploits in the Eastern Province and elsewhere in Saudi Arabia
05 November 2013
Partial Eclipse of the Sun – Dhahran Hills
A partial solar eclipse occurred across
a wide band of the world including eastern North America, northern South
America, southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa on 3 November 2013. This
is an occurrence allowing a view of the Sun that is partially blocked by the
Moon. It occurred late in the afternoon in Dhahran and I took a few pictures
just as the sun was about to set as this was the period when the moon blocked
most of the sun from my location. I was unaware this was going to happen but
saw the Sun with a big chunk missing. I knew there were no mountians or similar
where the sun was setting so thought it may be an eclipse and looked on the
internet when I got home where it said a partial solar eclipse was happening.
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