THE solar eclipse which occurred between 4:30 pm and 6:30 pm this Wednesday afternoon (2) could be observed from all over Latin America. Check it out on gallery above (updating) some of the first records of the phenomenon.
Although Chile and Argentina saw an annular solar eclipse, people in Brazil can only see the phenomenon in a partial way .
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon is positioned between the Sun and the Earth, preventing the star’s light from reaching some points on the planet.
Annular eclipses occur when the Moon is positioned exactly in front of the Sun, leaving the solar disk almost entirely covered and dark, with only a thin luminous edge visible, resembling a ring.
In partial solar eclipses, the Moon covers only a part of the Sun, as if our star had been “bitten”.
In Brazil, the place with the highest percentage view of the eclipse was Rio Grande do Sul, where residents were able to see a larger “bite” in the Sun — 38% of the covered surface.
Total solar eclipses happen every 18 months and last a few minutes, while partial solar eclipses — in which the Moon does not completely cover the Sun — occur at least twice a year somewhere on Earth.
*Text and gallery being updated
*Published by Pedro Jordão, with information from Fernanda Pinotti, both from CNN in São Paulo
This content was originally published in See the first photos of this Wednesday’s partial solar eclipse on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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