Stargazers in parts of Africa were treated to a wonderful sight of annular solar eclipse on Thursday with the moon moving across the sun to form a rare "ring of fire". At the eclipse's peak, all that was visible was a ring of light encircling the black moon - the phenomenon was only fully visible to people in a narrow, 100km band stretching across central Africa and Madagascar. Anyone north, south, east or west of the band experienced only a partial eclipse, or none at all. The phenomenon, known as an annular solar eclipse, happens when there is a near-perfect alignment of the Earth, moon and sun.
Obviously, we couldn't see it from here in India, but that is what the internet is for. So simply scan the QR code on the right and watch for yourself the spectacular ring of fire.
