Showing posts with label Partial Eclipse of the Sun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Partial Eclipse of the Sun. Show all posts

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.