Satellite imagery shows rare total solar eclipse over Oceania
Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. 00:27 Holly Patrick | Friday 21 April 2023 13:27 BST Satellite imagery shows how a rare total solar eclipse unfolded over parts of Oceania on Thursday, 20 April. In this sped-up clip from space, published by the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, a patch of darkness is seen as the Moon completely covered the face of the Sun for approximately one minute. People in the eclipses path either saw total darkness or a ring of fire as the sun emerged from behind the new moon. Eclipses like this only happen around once every decade; the next one is not due until 2031. Sign up for our newsletters. 01:19 00:22 00:56 01:05 04:42 06:32 12:25 17:05 03:25 07:30 07:35 10:44 14:11 12:18 30:24 16:08 17:41 18:22 13:43 12:41 05:35 08:02 06:42 05:23 07:08 05:03 09:53 07:25 08:10 12:14 07:03 12:39 07:30 07:54 05:23 05:35 09:47 06:28 06:23 07:35 08:03 11:54 08:21 06:38 07:25 04:31 07:30 03:34 17:05 03:51 04:18 06:26 04:30 03:35 03:45 07:34 02:03 03:22 02:15 02:22 02:21 01:43 01:42 01:45 10:44 03:44 07:42 09:22 06:11 07:50 06:21 02:19 10:42 06:27 07:23 06:35 12:18 11:50 09:03 13:07 01:08 01:50 00:27 01:12 01:12 00:35 01:03 00:58 00:27 00:18 00:20 01:16 00:52 00:22 00:18 00:56 00:49 00:33 01:00 00:31 00:54 01:08 01:35 00:47 01:15 00:52 00:22 01:17 00:18 00:58 00:22 00:25 03:29 03:07 03:07 03:24 01:36 00:42 01:26 00:32 00:31 02:00 00:40 00:58 04:23 04:26 01:01 01:07 15:55 16:33 16:06 15:01 15:16 01:16 00:36 00:48 01:08 01:12 01:23 01:24 Live