Millions of Hindus bathed in holy rivers and tanks across India after a four-hour celestial spectacle that turned the sun into a 'Ring of Fire', bringing out science enthusiasts to view and record the rare event.Hundreds of thousands of temples all over the country closed their doors and covered their deities with muslin shrouds during the period when traffic on roads in many cities thinned as people kept indoors.

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Rare Solar Eclipse 2010 photos and video
Did you see the first Solar Eclipse this year (January 2010)? If not then you can watch a video below this post that shows you the January 15 Solar Eclipse, it was captured from Cairo, Egypt.The video taken from sunrise till max conjunction and video was speedup 16x. GMT time was 5am to 6am, have a watch and let us know what you think. You can also see some pictures of the January 2010 Solar Eclipse thanks to CNN.
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Tomorrow we have the longest solar eclipse of the century: Watch out - July 22nd 2009
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Pune City Gears up to view Total Solar Eclipse
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Read more »Two Lunar Eclipse And One Solar Eclipse To Be Observed In 2009
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