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Total eclipse of the sun

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National Park ranger Dave Sorensen looks up at the sun with special glasses before a rare annular eclipse dims the sky, in the southwestern town of Kanarraville, Utah.

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Japanese school children use specially designed eye glasses to observe the annular solar eclipse.

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An annular solar eclipse is seen in Hong Kong.

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A small bird rests at a powerline backgrounded by an annular solar eclipse seen from Los Angeles, California.

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An annular solar eclipse is seen in Tokyo.

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An annular solar eclipse appears in Chandler, Arizona.

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People watch as the moon appears to cover the sun during the partial phase of an annular eclipse at Chaco Culture National Historical Park in Nageezi, Arizona.

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The moon is pictured as it passes between the earth and the sun briefly blocking out most of the sun's surface in Arizona.

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A passenger jet flies above an annular solar eclipse in Irving, Texas.