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Rare 'Ring of Fire' wows skygazers
A helicopter passes in front of the solar eclipse over Payson, Arizona. The Sun and the Moon aligned over the earth in a rare astronomical event on Sunday.
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Rare 'Ring of Fire' wows skygazers
The annular solar eclipse is seen at Hirai Daini Elementary School in Tokyo. The eclipse dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America.
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Rare 'Ring of Fire' wows skygazers
A partial eclipse is seen from a camera reflection behind a pickup near Flagstaff, Arizona. The eclipse briefly turned the Sun into a blazing ring of fire.
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Rare 'Ring of Fire' wows skygazers
A combination photo shows the moon passing between the Sun and the Earth during an eclipse seen from a rooftop of Roppongi Hills complex in Tokyo.
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Rare 'Ring of Fire' wows skygazers
A dog is seen wearing a solar viewer during an annular solar eclipse at a temporary shelter for evacuees from last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster, in Koriyama, Fukushima prefecture.
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Rare 'Ring of Fire' wows skygazers
Annular eclipses are rare and haven't been visible on the US soil since 1994 and the next one won't occur again until 2023.
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Rare 'Ring of Fire' wows skygazers
A man practices Taichi during an eclipse at the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai.
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Rare 'Ring of Fire' wows skygazers
An annular solar eclipse is seen from a rooftop of the Roppongi Hills complex in Tokyo.
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Rare 'Ring of Fire' wows skygazers
School children using solar viewers lie down on a lawn as they observe the annular eclipse at Hirai Daini Elementary School in Tokyo.
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Rare 'Ring of Fire' wows skygazers
School children observe the annular eclipse with solar viewers at Hirai Daini Elementary School in Tokyo.
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Rare 'Ring of Fire' wows skygazers
People watch as a rare annular eclipse dims the sky, as the Sun and the Moon align for the 'Ring of Fire' spectacle over the southwestern town of Kanarraville, Utah.
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