Satellite imagery shows rare total solar eclipse over Oceania

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. 00:27 Holly Patrick | Friday 21 April 2023 14:27 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. 00:42 02:03 00:30 01:22 05:37 45:14 05:56 13:50 06:54 13:23 05:15 05:06 14:11 12:18 30:24 16:08 17:41 18:22 13:43 12:41 58:53 41:30 56:09 42:14 01:04:26 38:19 07:11 08:32 05:45 05:35 08:02 06:42 05:23 07:08 07:40 08:56 13:49 10:57 07:53 19:31 04:07 11:19 03:09 Sponsored 02:39 Sponsored 01:53 Sponsored 01:39 Sponsored 02:40 Sponsored 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 13:23 17:05 03:51 04:18 06:26 04:30 03:35 03:45 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 00:53 00:27 00:32 00:48 00:42 00:25 01:18 01:25 00:32 00:18 00:21 01:25 00:48 00:50 01:06 01:01 00:49 00:33 01:00 00:31 00:54 01:08 01:35 00:47 01:18 00:26 01:00 00:22 00:56 00:51 00:27 01:42 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