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If You Missed It – Watch the Partial Solar Eclipse over South Africa Here

If you missed the spectacular partial solar eclipse today, here’s a video of the event as seen from South Africa. The footage was uploaded to YouTube by Jan Kotze. It was recorded by his son, using a smartphone and an amateur telescope, with a sun filter. Watch Video: Solar Eclipse, 1 September 2016, from South Africa […]

If you missed the spectacular partial solar eclipse today, here’s a video of the event as seen from South Africa.

The footage was uploaded to YouTube by Jan Kotze. It was recorded by his son, using a smartphone and an amateur telescope, with a sun filter.

Watch Video: Solar Eclipse, 1 September 2016, from South Africa

https://youtu.be/DS8mcwRHrp8

This annular eclipse happens when the moon passes in front of the sun… but as it’s too far from the earth to totally cover the sun, it’s only a partial eclipse.

Photos from Durban:

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