Photos: Partial solar eclipse visible in Europe, Asia and Africa
A picture taken on January 04, 2011 in Locon, northern France, shows the world’s first partial solar eclipse of 2011. A solar eclipse happens when the Moon swings between the Earth and the Sun. PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images
Seattle got a rare glimpse of a meteor shower early Tuesday morning, but that’s nothing compared to the show sky watchers in other parts of the world were watching.
A partial solar eclipse was visible throughout most of Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia and Africa Tuesday.
Unlike the lunar eclipse we saw late last year, a solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth. Here are more photos of what the view was like around the world.
Clockwise, starting top-right: A woman uses eye protection to look at a partial solar eclipse in the sky on January 4, 2011 in the town of Givatayim, Israel. The partial solar eclipse is seen in Pakistan, Bulgaria and above a cross of the Life-giving Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Moscow. (Getty Images)