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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/e3.gifAn annular solar eclipse is seen at Monument Valley Tribal Park in Utah, May 20th, 2012. The sun and moon aligned over the Earth, dimming skies over parts of Asia and North America and giving the Sun a fiery ring. Differing from a total solar eclipse, the moon in an annular eclipse appears too small to cover the sun completely, leaving a ring of fire effect around the moon. The eclipse cast a shallow path crossing the West from west Texas to Oregon then arcing across the northern Pacific Ocean to Tokyo, Japan.
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/e5.gifThe eclipse over Monument Valley Tribal Park, Utah. Photograph: Gene Blevins/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/eclipse6a.jpgA composite of images of the first annular eclipse seen in the United States since 1994 shows several stages, left to right, as the eclipse passes through annularity and the sun changes color as it approaches sunset on May 20th, 2012 in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
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Mexico
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/eclipse4a.jpgPeople are silhouetted during the eclipse in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Photograph: Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters
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Japan
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/e1.gifA sea lion wears a solar viewer at an aquarium in Tokyo during an annular solar eclipse. Photograph: Yomiuri Shimbun/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/eclipse7a.jpgSchool children using solar viewers lie down on a lawn in Tokyo. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/eclipse2a.jpgMaikos, or apprentice geishas, at a shrine in Kyoto, western Japan, observe the eclipse. Photograph: Yomiuri Shimbun/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/eclipse9a.jpgDennis Vitt (38) observes through a welding mask in Los Angeles. Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/eclipse10a.jpgThe annular clipse wanes to a partial eclipse as the sun sets in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images
