Satellite imagery shows rare total solar eclipse over Oceania
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. 00:20 00:59 00:28 00:49 07:42 08:21 17:10 06:38 09:22 05:39 10:46 15:33 04:42 04:46 06:17 05:14 07:54 06:29 07:27 05:23 02:03 03:22 02:15 02:22 02:21 01:43 01:42 01:45 07:42 09:22 06:11 07:50 06:21 02:19 01:54 01:52 05:49 05:45 04:13 03:58 04:06 03:41 04:08 04:10 03:51 04:18 06:26 04:30 03:35 03:45 07:34 08:19 10:42 06:27 07:23 06:35 12:18 11:50 09:03 13:07 07:25 04:31 07:30 03:34 03:18 03:21 03:28 04:57 00:09 00:44 01:23 00:27 00:35 00:59 01:11 00:54 00:43 00:28 00:48 00:18 00:26 00:36 00:16 01:17 00:49 00:33 01:00 00:31 00:54 01:08 01:35 00:47 00:17 01:35 00:52 00:28 00:25 00:44 02:32 02:03 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 01:51 02:07 02:00 02:09 01:00:15 02:13 01:55 00:58