‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse wows Asian viewers

Alignment: The eclipse as seen from Gardens by the Bay as people (below) look through a camera with a homemade solar filter to watch the ‘ring of fire’ in Singapore. — AFP

Singapore: Skywatchers across Asia and the Middle East were treated to a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse.

Annular eclipses occur when the Moon is not close enough to the Earth to completely obscure the Sun, leaving a thin ring of the solar disc visible.